Do No Sinful Action

christ is kind and gentle,

christ is pure and true;

and his little children

must be holy, too.

there’s a wicked spirit

watching round you still,

and he tries to tempt you

to all harm and ill.

but ye must not hear him,

though ’tis hard for you

to resist the evil,

and the good to do.

for ye promised truly,

in your infant days,

to renounce him wholly,

and forsake his ways.

ye are newborn christians,

ye must learn to fight

with the bad within you,

and to do the right.

christ is your own master,

he is good and true,

and his little children

must be holy, too.