LITTLE ONES AT HOME. 229

 

Songs

GOD IS EVERYWHERE.

He smiles in heaven, he frowns in hell,
He fills the air, the earth, the sea:

I must within his presence dwell ;
And can I from his justice flee?

Yes, I may flee, he shows me where—
Tells me to Jesus Christ to fly ;

And while he sees me weeping there,
There’s only mercy in his eye.

 

THE ORPHAN’S HYMN.

Father, an orphan’s prayer receive,
And listen to my plaintive cry ;

Thou only canst my wants relieve
Who art my Father in the sky.

I have no father here below,

No mother kind to wipe my tears ;
These tender names I never know,

To soothe my grief and quell my fears.

But thou wilt be my Parent, nigh
In every hour of deep distress,
And listen to an orphan’s sigh,
And soothe the anguish of my breast.