Hinder the child­ren, they said to the Mas­ter,
Why should the mo­thers bring them to Thee?
Hinder them not, was the an­swer of Je­sus,
Let all the lit­tle ones come un­to Me.

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Come un­to Me, come un­to Me,
Suffer all the lit­tle ones to come un­to Me;
Turn them not away, but bring them in to­day,
And suf­fer them to come un­to Me.

Safe in the arms of His ten­der com­pass­ion,
Playful the pratt­lers sat on His knee,
Waiting to get His di­vine be­ne­dict­ion,
Happy to hear Him say, Come un­to Me.

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Come now to Je­sus, oh, thrice hap­py wel­come,
Welcome to Him who died on the tree;
Tho’ He is reign­ing in man­sions of glo­ry,
Yet does His Spir­it say, Come un­to Me.

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Then in the day of His se­cond ap­pear­ing,
When from His pre­sence mount­ains shall flee,
Sweeter than ev­er will be the glad wel­come,
As thou shalt hear Him say, Come un­to Me.

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