GOOD NEWS! the blessed tidings hear,
And listen to it children dear:
Though “little ones,” it is for you,
And every precious word is true.
The news is this—God’s only Son,
The holy, blessed, spotless One,
Into this sinful world has been,
And died upon the cross for sin.
And now God sends the tidings forth,
To the remotest parts of earth,
That all who now in Christ believe,
Life, joy and peace at once receive.
‘Tis no hard work He bids you do,
But to believe the record true,
Which in His holy Word is given,
Of how a child may get to heaven.
And, children clear, the Lord loves you,
Just now, as when on earth below:
Then trust His all-atoning blood,
Which brings the guilty nigh to God.
And you who have through grace believed,
Are with the Holy Spirit sealed;
So live to Him, who for you died,
Who for your sins was crucified.
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