The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7571

7571. When Mothers of Salem

1. When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus,
The stern disciples drove them back and bade them to depart:
But Jesus saw them ere they fled and sweetly smiled and kindly said,
Suffer little children to come unto Me.;

2. For I will receive them and fold them to My bosom:
I’ll be a shepherd to these lambs, O 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.

3. How kind was our Savior to bid these 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.

4. O soon may the heathen of every tribe and nation
Fulfill Thy blessèd Word and cast their idols all away!
O shine upon them from above and show Thyself a God of love,
Teach the little children to come unto Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus
• Title: When Mothers of Salem
• Author: William M. Hutchings (1850)
• Meter: irr.
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This hymn was written for the anniversary of St. Paul's Chapel Sunday School, Wigan, England.

Tune Information

• Name: SALEM (Methfessel)
• Meter: irr.
• Incipit: 51765 55656 71556
• Key: C Major
• Source: Methfessel's Songbook, 1818
• Copyright: Public Domain