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When mothers of Salem
their children brought to Jesus,
The stern disciples drove them back
and bade them to 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 to My bosom:
I’ll be a shepherd to these lambs,
O 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 Savior
to bid these children welcome!
But there are many thousands who
have never heard His Name;
The Bible they have never read,
they know not that the Savior said,
“Suffer little children to come unto Me.”
O soon may the heathen
of every tribe and nation
Fulfill Thy blessèd Word and cast
their idols all away!
O shine upon them from above
and show Thyself a God of love,
Teach the little children to come unto Thee!
---Alternative verses---
And soon may the heathen
of every tribe and nation
Fulfill Thy blessèd Word and cast
their idols all away!
O shine upon them from above
and show Thyself a God of love,
Teach the little children to come unto Thee!
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LYRICS
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Dates:
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1850
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Bible Refs:
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Mt 19:14;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1962 | # 401 | | 1964 | # 618 | | 1954 | # 866 | | 1908 | # 722 | | 1938 | # 689 |
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SALEM
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1818
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 401 | C | | # 618 | C | | # 866 | C |
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