KNEEL, my child, for God is here!
Bend in love, and not in fear
Kneel before Him now in prayer;
Thank Him for His constant care;
Praise Him for His bounty shed
Every moment on thy head;
Ask Him to point out thy way,
And to guard thee through the day;
Ask Him still to watch and keep
Thee in the silent hours of sleep;
Ask for light to know His word;
Ask for love to shed abroad;
Pray for strength, for thou art weak,
And for grace and mercy seek;
Ask for faith, to bear thee on,
Through the might of Christ, His Son;
Pray for mercy in His name
Who from heaven to save thee came;
Ask his Spirit still to guide thee
Through the ills that may betide thee;

Ask for peace to lull to rest
Every tumult of the breast;
Ask His soul-sustaining truth,
As the spring-dew of thy youth;
Ask His promises to bless
Thee in Thy age's helplessness;
Ask in awe, but not in fear;
Kneel, my child, for God is here.
God thy father is, and friend,
Thy only stay, thy only trust;
He Loves thee, and His wings extend
To shield thee, though a child of dust
Love Him then, for He is good;
Sink before Him--He is wise;
Life and health, and ret and food,
He still ordains, and still supplies.
Love Him--for He loveth thee,
Bendeth now thy prayer to hear;
Kneel, then, in deep humility,
And pray, my child, for God it near.