SDA Hymnal 379
We Give This Child to You
Words: AnonymousMusic: TraditionalTune: CHILD DEDICATION6.6.6.6.8.8.
1We give this child to You,
Our precious gift of love.
Help us to lead each step aright
With guidance from above.
2O bless each child of Yours,
And grant when they are grown,
They will have learned to choose it for their own.
3We give ourselves to You,
And may Your Spirit fill
Our hearts and home, that all we do
Be subject to Your will.
- Words
- Anonymous
- Music
- Traditional
- Tune
- CHILD DEDICATION
- Meter
- 6.6.6.6.8.8.
- Scripture
- 1 Samuel 1:27-28; Proverbs 22:6
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 6.7.8.6 · the hymnal prints 6.6.6.6.8.8.
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 34% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
We give this child to You,˘/˘/˘˘6A
Our precious gift of love./˘/˘/˘/7B
Help us to lead each step aright/˘˘///??8C
With guidance from above.˘/˘˘˘/6B
Verse 2
O bless each child of Yours,˘///˘/6A
And grant when they are grown,˘//˘˘/6B
They will have learned to choose it for their own.˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/10B
Verse 3
We give ourselves to You,˘/˘˘/˘˘7A
And may Your Spirit fill˘˘˘/˘/6B
Our hearts and home, that all we do/˘/˘/˘/˘˘9A
Be subject to Your will.˘˘/˘˘˘6B
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.