1 Jesus calls you to His kingdom;
Hear ye not His gracious voice?
Come ye all, and make His service
Now in early life your choice!
Refrain:
Come to Jesus! Come to Jesus!
He is calling, calling you!
In the early years of childhood
Even you have work to do!
2 When the tender buds of springtime
Burst into the flow’rs of June,
When the birds make vale and forest
With their songs of joy attune. [Refrain]
3 While the grace of life is o’er you
Like a mantle pure and fair,
While its innocence and beauty
Shut away a world of care. [Refrain]
4 To His kingdom, high and holy,
To His Church divine and true,
He is calling all the children,
He is calling even you. [Refrain]
Source: Exalted Praise: a twentieth century collection of sacred hymns for the church, Sunday school, and devotional meetings #67