Suffer Them To Come
“Come unto me.” The Saviour said;
O little children come
Upon His bosom lay your head
Find in His heart a home
He loves you ,truly, tenderly
And therefore says, “Come unto me.”
“Permit them” so the Saviour said
To those who sternly frowned
He loved to hear the gentle tread
Of infant feet around
And spread His arms to take them in
To fold and shield from every sin
“Forbid them not,” again He said
“The world is drear and chill
I only can their spirit feed
And guard from mortal ill;
Here let them lie in peaceful rest
By woe or guilt no more distressed”
O Jesus! Ever blessed Lord!
We come, we come to Thee!
At Thy inviting welcome, Word
From all besides we flee
Beneath Thy sheltering wings we hide
There may we evermore abide
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