...I. A CHILD'S HYMN OF PRAISE. I THANK• the goodness and the grac« Which on my birth have smil'd, And made me in these Christian days, A happy English...GOD was never known ; And taught to pray a useless pray'r, To blocks of wood and stone. I was not born a little slave, To labour in the sun, And wish...

...kept ucat aud elegantly bound.— Also Books for Presents. INFANT MINDS, I. A CHILD'S HYMN OF PRAISE. I THANK the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smil'd, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. I was not bom, as thousands are,...

...better timeS. BERNARD. — That puts me in mind of a verse or two, in my " Hymns for Infant Minds :" " I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smil'd, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. I was not born, as thousands are,...

...1821. AN ENGLISH CHILD'S HYMN. 1 THANK the goodness and the grace, 'J hat on my hirth have smil'd ; And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. I was not born, as thousands are, AY here God was never known : -Or faught to pray a useless prayer, To blocks of wood and stone, I 'was...

...every one thank God that he was not born a poor little negro, or a gipsy's child, as your hymn says : I was not born, as thousands are, Where God was never known ; And taught to pray a useless pray'r To blocks of wood and stone. I was not bom a little slave, To labour in the sun, And wish I...

...verse in your favourite hymn-book : " I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smil'd, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English...God was never known ; And taught to pray a useless pray'r, To blocks of wood and stone." Mamma. The poor Hindoos, Louisa, are unacquainted with the name...

...puts me in mind of a verse or two, in my " Hymns for Infant Minds :" — " I thank the goodness nnd the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made...English child. I was not born, as thousands are, Where Gcd was never known, And taught to pray a useless prayer To blocks of wood and stone." But, mamma,...

...a modest blush, and immedeately repeated the following verses, with great ease and propriety:— " I thank the goodness and the grace, Which on my birth have Smil'd, And made me in these Christian days, A happy English child. " I was not born, as thousands...

...better times. BERNARD. — That puts me in mind of a verse or two, in my " Hymns for Infant Minds :" " I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smil'd, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. ] was not born as thousands are,...

...better times. BERNARD. — That puts me in mind of a verse or two, in my " Hymns for Infant Minds :" " I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smil'd, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy .English child. i was not born as thousands are,...