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Then let us in his footsteps tread, And gladly act our part; On earth employ our hands and head, But fix on heaven our heart.

The following hymn was composed to be sung at the admission of a new child or children.

Welcome, dear brethren, whom we love; |Bethesda| this we call. A house of mercy may it prove To you, to us, to all!

What tho’ our parents dear are dead, Yet our great GOD provides. Our bodies here are cloth’d and fed; Our souls have christian guides.

The heavenly manna, day by day, They freely do impart; Let us not trifle time away! But lay it in our heart.