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Text: | Jesus took the babes and blessed them |
Author: | Matthias Loy, 1828 - 1915 |
Tune: | REGENT SQUARE |
Composer: | Henry Thomas Smart, 1813 - 79 |
1 Jesus took the babes and blessed them,
Brought to him in days of old;
Fondly in his arms caressed them,
Bade them welcome in his fold;
Warmly welcomed, warmly welcomed
When disciples' hearts were cold.
2 Jesus calls them still with kindness
Passing every mortal thought;
Bids them come, though human blindness
Still would chide when they are brought;
Takes and blesses, takes and blesses,
Whom he hath so dearly bought. A-men.
3 Jesus, we would not forbid them,
We would have them brought to thee;
Thou of all their guilt dost rid them,
From the curse dost set them free;
Thine dost make them, thine dost make them,
Thine let them forever be!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus took the babes and blessed them |
Author: | Matthias Loy, 1828 - 1915 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | Sacraments and Rites: Holy Baptism |
Notes: | This hymn may also be sung to MANNHEIM (142). |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | REGENT SQUARE |
Composer: | Henry Thomas Smart, 1813 - 79 |
Meter: | 8 7, 8 7, 8 7. |
Key: | B♭ Major |