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Text:It Fell Upon a Summer Day
Author:Stopford Augustus Brooke
Tune:CHILDHOOD

461. It Fell Upon a Summer Day

1 It fell upon a summer day,
When Jesus walked in Galilee,
The mothers from a village brought
Their children to His knee.

2 He took them in His arms, and laid
His hands on each remembered head;
"Suffer these little ones to come
To Me," He gently said.

3 "Forbid them not; unless ye bear
The childlike heart your hearts within,
Unto My Kingdom ye may come,
But may not enter in."

4 O Father, grant this childlike heart,
That I may come to Christ, and feel
His hands on me in blessing laid,
Love-giving, strong to heal.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: It fell upon a summer day
Title: It Fell Upon a Summer Day
Author: Stopford Augustus Brooke (1881)
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 6.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture:
Topic: Love and Communion; Young, Hymns for the; Church, The: Young, Hymns for the
Tune Information
Name: CHILDHOOD
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 6.
Key: F Major
Source: University of Wales, 1923



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