A Children's Favorite Hymn

Narrator: Chris Genthree
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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 18:1616But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (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. 18:2424A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24). Do you know Him as your Saviour, and your Friend?
A HOME—The Father’s house (John 14:22In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (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. 9:2525And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. (1 Corinthians 9:25)). Yet this, as the little hymn says, is for those who have “found His favor,” those who are “saved by grace” (Eph. 2:88For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2:8)).
ML 11/12/1967