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Text:The Saviour kindly calls
Alterer:Henry U. Onderdonk
Author:Philip Doddridge
Tune:STATE STREET
Composer:Jonathan C. Woodman

321. The Saviour kindly calls

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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: The Saviour kindly calls
Alterer: Henry U. Onderdonk (1826)
Author: Philip Doddridge (1755)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Baptism; Church: Sacraments of; Covenant (1 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: STATE STREET
Composer: Jonathan C. Woodman
Meter: S. M.
Notes: Public Domain.



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