O happy little children, to be taken into the arms of Jesus.
Jesus loves meek and gentle children. They are Jesus’ lambs. Jesus is their shepherd, and he will take them to heaven when they die.
Young children once to Jesus came,
His blessing to entreat;
And I may humbly do the same
Before his mercy-seat.
For when their feeble hands were spread,
And bent each humble knee,
“Forbid them not,” the Saviour said;
And so he says to me.