309. I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old

P.M.
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I think when I read that sweet story of old,
 
When Jesus was here among men,
 
How He called little children as lambs to His fold,
 
I should like to have been with Him then.
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I wish that His hands had been placed on my head,
 
That His arms had been thrown around me,
 
And that I might have seen His kind look when He said,
 
"Let the little ones come unto Me."
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Yet still to His presence in prayer I may go,
 
I know I may trust in His love;
 
And if thus I will earnestly seek Him below,
 
I shall see Him and hear Him above
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In that beautiful place He has gone to prepare
 
For all who are washed and forgiven;
 
And many dear children are gathering there,
 
"For of such is the kingdom of heaven."
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