They found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors.
Luke 2:46
Words: Henry U. Onderdonk, in the Prayer Book Collection 1826. This is an adaptation of See Israel’s Gentle Shepherd Stand, by Philip Doddridge.
Music: Franconia (König), in Harmonischer Lieder-Schatz, by Johann B. König (Frankfurt, Germany: 1738). Harmonized in Old Church Psalmody, by William H. Havergal, 1847 (🔊 pdf nwc).
The Savior kindly calls
Our children to His breast;
He folds them in His gracious arms,
Himself declares them blest.
Let them approach,
He cries,
Nor scorn their humble claim;
The heirs of Heav’n are such as these,
For such as these I came.
With joy we bring them, Lord,
Devoting them to Thee,
Imploring that, as we are Thine,
Thine may our offspring be.