When mothers of Salem
Their children brought to Jesus,
The stern disciples drove them back,
And bade them depart;
But Jesus saw them ere they fled,
And sweetly smiled, and
kindly said,
¡§Suffer little children to come unto Me.¡¨
¡§For I will receive them,
And fold them in My bosom;
I¡¦ll be a Shepherd to those lambs,
Oh, drive them not away!
For if their hearts to Me they give,
They shall with Me in
glory live;
¡§Suffer little children to come unto Me.¡¨
How kind was our Saviour
To bid those children welcome!
But there are many thousands who
Have never heard His Name;
The Bible they have never read;
They know not that the
Saviour said,
¡§Suffer little children to come unto Me.¡¨
Oh! soon may the heathen
Of ev¡¦ry tribe and nation
Fulfil the blessed word, and cast
Their idols all away;
Oh! shine upon them from above,
And show Thyself a God of
love;
Teach the little children to come unto Thee.
