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Text:"Suffer them to come"
Author:H. U. Onderdonk
Tune:INVERNESS
Composer:Lowell Mason

512. "Suffer them to come"

1 The Saviour kindly calls
Our children to his breast;
He folds them in his gracious arms,
Himself declares them blest.

2 "Let them approach," he cries,
"Nor scorn their humble claim;
The heirs of heaven are such as these,
For such as these I came."

3 With joy we bring them, Lord,
Devoting them to thee,
Imploring, that, as we are thine,
Thine may our offspring be.

Text Information
First Line: The Saviour kindly calls
Title: "Suffer them to come"
Author: H. U. Onderdonk
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Baptism; Children; Church: Ordinances of (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: INVERNESS
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: S. M.
Key: E♭ Major



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