532 The Sweet Story. P.M.
Christ's Delight in Children.
I think when I read that sweet story of old,
When Jesus was here among men,
How he called little children as lambs to his fold,
I should like to have been with them then.
REF.--I should like to have been with them then;
I should like to have been with them then;
How he called little children as lambs to his fold,
I should like to have been with them then.
2 I wish that his hands had been placed on my head,
His arms had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen his kind look when he said,
"Let the little ones come unto me."
REF.--"Let the little ones come unto me,"
"Let the little ones come unto me,"
And that I might have seen his kind look when he said,
"Let the little ones come unto me."
3 Yet still to his footstool in prayer I may go,
And ask for a share in his love;
And if I now earnestly seek him below,
I shall see him and hear him above.
REF.--I shall see him and hear him above,
I shall see him and hear him above,
And if I now earnestly seek him below,
I shall see him and hear him above.
Mrs. Jemima Luke, 1841.