Who will speak up for the little ones?

The Little Ones
by Phil Keaggy

Who will speak up for the little ones? 
Helpless and half-abandoned. 
They've got the right to choose life 
They don't want to lose, 
I've got to speak up, won't you? 

Equal rights, equal time, for the unborn children. 
Their precious lives are on the line, 
How can we be rid of them? 
Passing laws, passing out 
Bills and new amendments. 
Pay the cost and turn about, 
And face the young defendants. 

Who will speak up for the little ones? 
Helpless and half-abandoned. 
They've got the right to choose life 
They don't want to lose, 
I've got to speak up, won't you? 

Many come and many go, 
Conceived but not delivered. 
The toll is astronomical, 
How can we be indifferent. 

Little hands, little feet, 
Tears for Him who made you. 
Should all on earth forsake you now, 
But He'll never forsake you. 

Who will speak up for the little ones? 
Helpless and half-abandoned. 
They've got the right to choose life 
They don't want to lose, 
I've got to speak up, won't you? 

Forming hearts, forming minds, 
Quenched before awakened, 
For so many deliberate crimes 
The earth will soon be shaken. 

Little hands, little feet, 
Tears for Him who made you. 
Should all on earth forsake you now, 
But He'll never forsake you. 

Who will speak up for the little ones? 
Helpless and half-abandoned. 
They've got the right to choose life 
They don't want to lose, 
I've got to speak up, won't you?

Scripture:
Psalm 139:13-18
Jeremiah 1:5
Proverbs 24:11-12