He Bids the Children Come

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Our Savior bids the children come

Author: Mary Hamlin Maxwell
Published in 16 hymnals

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1 Our Saviour bids the children come;
He bids us come to him;
And, as in other days, he spreads
His arms to take us in.

Refrain:
O Saviour! dear Saviour!
O joy of the blest!
How I long to be thine,
In bright glory to shine,
And to be forever at rest.

2 Forever blessed be his name;
No earthly love like his;
O may it draw our hearts to him,
And to the world of bliss. [Refrain]

3 There may we come at last, to sing
In nobler strains his praise;
And join the little ones who stand
Before our Father's face. [Refrain]

Source: Linden Harp: a rare collection of popular melodies adapted to sacred and moral songs, original and selected. Illustrated. Also a manual of... #86

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Author: Mary Hamlin Maxwell

Maxwell, Mary Hamlin, born in 1814, and died in 1853, published in 1849 a volume of Original Hymns, N. Y., in which 107 pieces were included. Her hymn in the Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878, "God hath said, 'For ever blessed'" (Early Piety), is from this work. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907), p. 1579 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Our Savior bids the children come
Title:	He Bids the Children Come
Author:	Mary Hamlin Maxwell
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	We are coming, blessed Jesus
Copyright:	Public Domain