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Jesus invites young children near Oh, may we straight Obey Give us, O Lord, the attentive ear And teach our hearts to pray.

Full Text
Jesus invites young children near Oh, may we straight Obey Give us, O Lord, the attentive ear And teach our hearts to pray.
Listed on Page Number
323
Sampler Worked By
Mary Hallet
Date of Sampler
1803
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
167
Author/Publication/Country/Date
J. “Sunday School Hymn,” Supplement to the Evangelical Magazine for 1798, vol. 6, p. 558. See also: Jefferson, Joseph. Horae Poeticae. Poems; Sacred, Moral and Descriptive… Basingstoke: J. Lucas, 1804, pg. 64.
Notes
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Evangelical_Magazine/5hMEAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22jesus%20invites%20the%20young%20children%20near%22&pg=PA558&printsec=frontcover https://www.google.com/books/edition/Horae_Poeticae_Poems_sacred_moral_and_de/kcZYAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=jesus%20invites%20the%20young%20children%20near&pg=PA64&printsec=frontcover Signed only with an initial J in 1798, this verse appears in Jeffersons collected works in 1804.