Verse 1

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 sweetly smiled and kindly said, Suffer little children to come unto Me.

Verse 2

How kind was our Savior to bid those 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 little children to come unto Me.

Verse 3

For I will receive them, and fold them in My bosom; I'll be a Shepherd to those lambs, oh, drive them not away! For if their hearts to Me they give, They shall with Me in glory live: Suffer little children to come unto Me.

Verse 4

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 heav'n itself He speaks this word, Suffer little children to come unto Me.