Savior divine, kind friend

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1 Saviour divine, kind Friend of all the lowly,
Thou who didst call the children unto Thee,
Still through the years we hear Thy voice so holy,
“Suffer the little ones to come to Me;”
“Suffer the little ones to come to Me.”

2 Jesus, we come; for Thou hast dearly bought us,
With tender love Thine own Thou dost enfold;
May we rejoice to do what Thou hast taught us,
That others may in us Thy life behold;
That others may in us Thy life behold.

3 Give us Thy love, for there are lives to brighten;
Give us Thy patience, Lord, to trust and pray;
Give us Thy strength, for there are loads to lighten;
Give us Thy light, to show to all the way;
Give us Thy light, to show to all the way.

4 Then, at the last, when evening shadows gather,
And from all earthly cares our souls are free,
Look down upon Thy children as a father,
And take us, Lord, to heav’n to dwell with Thee;
And take us, Lord, to heav’n to dwell with Thee.

Amen.

Source: The Junior Hymnal, Containing Sunday School and Luther League Liturgy and Hymns for the Sunday School #278

Author: Ernest Edwin Ryden

Ernest Edwin Ryden is a distinguished Lutheran clergyman who has been a life-long student of hymns. At present he is pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut. This is the latest of a long series of services he has rendered in the Lutheran Church. For twenty-seven years he was editor of "The Lutheran Companion," the official organ of the former Augustana Lutheran Church. His contributions to hymnody were many. He was a member of the Committee which created the Augustana Hymnal of 1925 to which he contributed eight original hymns and translations. He was co-editor of the Junior Hymnal for which he wrote a number of hymns. He was secretary of the committee which prepared the Service Book and Hymnal. Here again he h… Go to person page >

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The Junior Hymnal, Containing Sunday School and Luther League Liturgy and Hymns for the Sunday School #278

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