Verse 1
Old age we second childhood name,
Reason’s decline, and nature’s shame;
But infancy of grace
Our reason’s full perfection is,
Our meetness for th’ extatic bliss
The sight of Jesus face.
Verse 2
Jesus, believing in thy name,
By faith a child of God I am
The faith Thou didst impart;
And with a child’s docility
A tablet I present to Thee,
An unopposing heart.
Verse 3
Erase the characters of sin,
And write whate’er thou wilt therein,
Whate’er thou art for man:
Thy name, thine image I receive,
Which makes me fit with Thee to live,
With Thee my Lord to reign.