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Suffer the Children

Suffer the children to come unto Me, Suffer the children to come unto Me

Author: J. H. Fillmore
Tune: [Suffer the children to come unto me] (Fillmore)
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Suffer the children to come unto Me,
Suffer the children to come unto Me,
Suffer the children to come unto Me;
Such in My heavenly kingdom shall be,
Such in My heavenly kingdom shall be,
Such in My heavenly kingdom shall be.

2 Into His arms with the tenderst care,
Into His arms with the tenderst care,
Into His arms with the tenderst care;
He will receive us and shelter us there,
He will receive us and shelter us there,
He will receive us and shelter us there.

3 Keep us dear Saviour forever Thine own,
Keep us dear Saviour forever Thine own,
Keep us dear Saviour forever Thine own;
Lead us in safety to heaven our home,
Lead us in safety to heaven our home,
Lead us in safety to heaven our home.


Source: Gems and Jewels #13

Author: J. H. Fillmore

James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music Hous… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Suffer the children to come unto Me, Suffer the children to come unto Me
Title: Suffer the Children
Author: J. H. Fillmore
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gems and Jewels #13

Jewels for Little Singers #d43

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