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Text:How happy is the child
Tune:[How happy is the child who hears]
Composer:J. Dutton

34. How happy is the child

1 How happy is the child who hears
Instruction's warning voice;
And who celestial wisdom makes
His early, only choice.

2 For she has treasures greater far
Than east or west unfold;
And her rewards more precious are
Than all their stores of gold.

3 She guides the young with innocence
In pleasure's path to tread;
A crown of glory she bestows
Upon the aged head.

4 According as her labours rise,
So her rewards increase;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.

Text Information
First Line: How happy is the child who hears
Title: How happy is the child
Language: English
Publication Date: 1840
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [How happy is the child who hears]
Composer: J. Dutton
Key: F Major or modal
Notes: Public Domain.



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