Scripture Verse

Let the children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. Matthew 19:14

Introduction

Words: D. P. Gur­ley, in Child­ren’s Praise, ed­it­ed by Charles C. Con­verse and W. E. Schenck (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1867), page 43.

Music: Va­ca­ville Charles E. Pol­lock, in Sab­bath Songs, ed­it­ed by Da­vid Cook and T. Mar­tin Towne (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Da­vid C. Cook Pub­lish­ing, 1886), page 42 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Gur­ley’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Pol­lock,

Lyrics

Jesus is the friend of child­ren,
Jesus is the friend of child­ren,
Jesus is the friend of child­ren,
We praise Him for His love;
He will lead us home to glo­ry,
He will lead us home to glo­ry,
He will lead us home to glo­ry,
His own bright home above.

Jesus is our faith­ful teach­er,
Jesus is our faith­ful teach­er,
Jesus is our faith­ful teach­er,
We praise Him for His word;
We will heed His lov­ing coun­sel,
We will heed His lov­ing coun­sel,
We will heed His lov­ing coun­sel,
The coun­sel of the Lord.

Jesus suf­fered to re­deem us,
Jesus suf­fered to re­deem us,
Jesus suf­fered to re­deem us,
We praise Him for His cross;
All the charms that sin can of­fer,
All the charms that sin can of­fer,
All the charms that sin can of­fer,
For Him we count but loss.

Jesus pleads for us in Hea­ven,
Jesus pleads for us in Hea­ven,
Jesus pleads for us in Hea­ven,
We praise Him for His plea;
Faithful ad­vo­cate, we’ll praise Him,
Faithful ad­vo­cate, we’ll praise Him,
Faithful ad­vo­cate, we’ll praise Him,
Through all eter­ni­ty.