Thinking of Haiti today,

and its precious children 

Prayer for our Children 

(Amy Carmichael)

Father, hear us, we are praying,

Hear the words our hearts are saying;

We are praying for our children.

Keep them from the powers of evil,

From the secret, hidden peril;

Father, hear us for our children.

From the whirlpool that would suck them,

From the treacherous quicksand, pluck them;

Father, hear us for our children.

From the wordling’s hollow gladness,

From the sting of faithless sadness,

Father, Father, keep our children.

Through life’s troubled waters steer them;

Through life’s bitter battle cheer them;

Father, Father, be Thou near them.

Read the language of our longing,

Read the wordless pleadings thronging,

Holy Father, for our children.

And wherever they may bide,

Lead them Home at eventide.