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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