Jesus who reigns above the sky And keeps the world in awe Was once a child as young as I And kept his father’s law. Then why should I so long delay What others learnt so soon I would not pass another day Without this work begun

Full Text: Jesus who reigns above the sky And keeps the world in awe Was once a child as young as I And kept his father’s law. Then why should I so long delay What others learnt so soon I would not pass another day Without this work begun
Listed on Page Number: 320
Sampler Worked By: no sampler linked to this verse
Date of Sampler: 1795
Place Sampler Made: n.p.
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Author/Publication/Country/Date: Watts, Isaac. Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, 2nd ed., London: M. Lawrence, 1716. Pp. 20-21.
Notes: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_divine-songs-attempted-i_watts-isaac-1674-1748_1716 Bolton and Coe incorrectly attribute this to Hymn XXV. It’s Hymn XIV, verses 2 and 6.