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Text:Little Children, Live for Jesus
Author:Fanny J. Crosby
Tune:WATSON
Composer:Hubert P. Main

665. Little Children, Live for Jesus

1 Little children, live for Jesus;
You can serve Him if you try;
He will give you life eternal
In the sweet home by and by;

Refrain:
If you try; if you try;
You can serve Him of you try;
Ev’ry burden Jesus gives you,
You can carry if you try.

2 Little children, lambs of Jesus,
How He loves you, none can tell;
They who sweetly follow Jesus,
In His own dear home shall dwell; [Refrain]

3 Little children, live for Jesus;
Do not fear to speak His name,
Speak it gently, speak it bravely;
Tell how once thy Saviour came; [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Little children, live for Jesus
Title: Little Children, Live for Jesus
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Refrain First Line: If you try; if you try
Meter: 8s & 7s.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Topic: Children's Services
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: WATSON
Composer: Hubert P. Main
Meter: 8s & 7s.
Notes: Public Domain.



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