Suffer the Children (Day)

Come un­to Me! still thro’ the ages fall­ing

Like heav’n­ly voic­es mu­sic­al and sweet

The lov­ing Sav­ior ten­der­ly is call­ing

The child­ren round His feet.

Come un­to Me

come un­to Me

Suffer the child­ren to come un­to Me.

Forbid them not

but with a pray­er­ful bless­ing

Teach them to trust His nev­er fail­ing care;

And feel His dear hands ten­der­ly ca­ress­ing

Their fair heads bowed in pray­er.

For such as they the Fa­ther’s home in glo­ry

Waits with its joys across the crys­tal sea;

Then tell them oft the old yet sweet new sto­ry

With pa­tience

ten­der­ly.