The Hymnbook ‎#460

460. I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old

1 I think when I read that sweet story of old,
When Jesus was here among men,
How He called little children as lambs to His fold:
I should like to have been with them then.

2 I wish that His hands had been placed on my head,
That His arms had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen His kind look when He said,
"Let the little ones come unto Me."

3 Yet still to His footstool in prayer I may go,
And know that I share in His love;
And if I now earnestly serve Him below,
I shall see Him and serve Him above.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: I think when I read that sweet story of old
• Title: I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old
• Author: Jemima Luke (1841; alt.)
• Meter: Irregular
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Matthew 18:2
  ;
  Mark 10:14-16
• Topic: Christ: Children, His Love for; Young, Hymns for the; Church, The: Young, Hymns for the

Tune Information

• Name: LUKE (SWEET STORY)
• Arranger: William B. Bradbury (1859)
• Harmonizer: Charles Winfred Douglas (1918)
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Music used by permission of The Church Pension Fund.