The sweet­est words I have ev­er read
Are the lov­ing words that the Sav­ior said:
Suffer the child­ren to come to Me.
Who’d have ev­er thought of this but He?

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Suffer the child­ren to come to Me,
Suffer the child­ren to come to Me;
I am as glad as glad can be,
Those ve­ry words were meant for me.

Oh, how He part­ed the throng that pressed,
And so ten­der­ly ev­ery child ca­ressed!
This is the glad­ness of all my song,
That to this dear Sav­ior I be­long.

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I won­der what I should ev­er do,
If the Sav­ior had on­ly called a few,
Taking the old, and the wise and great;
Oh, I am so glad I need not wait.

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