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A LITTLE CHILD THE SAVIOR CAME

Scripture Verse

Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Mark 10:14

Introduction

portrait
François H. Barthélémon
(1741–1808)

Words: Will­iam Ro­bert­son, in the Scot­tish Es­tab­lished Church’s Hymns for Pub­lic Wor­ship, 1861.

Music: Morn­ing Hymn (Bar­thé­lé­mon) Fran­çois H. Bar­thé­lé­mon, 1785 (🔊 ).

Alternate Tunes:

  • Alstone Chris­to­pher E. Will­ing, 1868 (🔊 )
  • Damascus ano­ny­mous, in The Pres­by­ter­ian Book of Praise (Ox­ford & Lon­don: Uni­ver­si­ty Press & Hen­ry Frowde, 1897), num­ber 411 (🔊 )

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Ro­bert­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Bar­thé­lé­mon, would you send us an e-mail?

Lyrics

A lit­tle child the Sav­ior came,
The Migh­ty God was still His name;
And an­gels wor­shiped as He lay
The seem­ing in­fant of a day.

He who, a lit­tle child, be­gan
The li­fe di­vine to show to man,
Proclaims from Heav’n the mes­sage free;
Let lit­tle child­ren come to Me.

We bring them, Lord, and with the sign
Of sprin­kled wa­ter name them Thine;
Their souls with sav­ing grace en­dow;
Baptize them with Thy Spir­it now.

O give Thine an­gels charge, good Lord,
Them safe­ly in Thy way to guard;
Thy bless­ing on their lives com­mand,
And write their names up­on Thy hand.

O Thou, who by an in­fant’s tongue
Dost hear Thy per­fect glo­ry sung,
May these, with all the heav’n­ly host,
Praise Fa­ther, Son, and Ho­ly Ghost.

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Christ and a Boy
Carl H. Bloch (1834–1890)