327. When Mothers of Salem Their Children Brought to Jesus

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When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus,
 
The stern disciples drove them back and bade them depart;
 
But Jesus saw them ere they fled,
 
And took them in His arms and said,
 
"Suffer the children to come unto Me."
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"For I will receive them and fold them to My bosom;
 
I’ll be a shepherd to these lambs — oh, drive them not away;
 
For if their hearts to Me they give,
 
They shall with Me in glory live;
 
Suffer the children to come unto Me."
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How kind was the Savior to bid these children welcome!
 
But there are many thousands who have never heard His name;
 
The Bible they have never read;
 
They know not that the Savior said,
 
"Suffer the children to come unto Me."
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And still the kind Savior bids little children welcome,
 
For Jesus’ loving, tender heart to children is the same;
 
Though here His voice is no more heard,
 
From heaven He tells us in His Word,
 
"Suffer the children to come unto Me."
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