Many years ago, Mr. Albert Midlane, a Christian man in the isle of Wight, wrote the beautiful hymn, “There’s a Friend for Little Children.” For almost a century it had been sung in Sunday Schools around the world, and it is as simple and sweet today as when it came from the author’s heart and pen.
What makes this hymn a special favorite is, that the Friend, the Home, the Crown, and the Robe are all for “little children,” just such as those to whom Jesus said: “Suffer little children to come unto Me.” Luke 18:16.
A FRIEND—One who “loveth at all times” (Prov. 17: 17), and as people said of Him, “A Friend of sinners” (Mat. 11: 19). “A Friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Prov. 18:24. Do you know Him as your Saviour, and your Friend?
A HOME—The Father’s house (John 14:2), already prepared by the Lord Jesus Himself and waiting for all who love Him. There all the Father’s children go when earthly life is past. All who are “born of God”—but no others—will gather at last in that heavenly home. Will you be there?
A CROWN—A crown of bright glory for each brow—not a “corruptible” crown but an incorruptible one (1 Cor. 9:25). Yet this, as the little hymn says, is for those who have “found His favor,” those who are “saved by grace” (Eph. 2:8).
ML 11/12/1967