Suffer Them to Come

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In the days of His flesh they brought little children

Author: Samuel Young Harmer
Tune: [In the days of His flesh they brought little children]
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Samuel Young Harmer

Harmer, Samuel Young, son of Samuel Harmer, a member of the Society of Friends, was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 1809. In 1827 he joined the American Methodist Episcopalian Church, and was engaged for several years as a Sunday School teacher and superintendent. In 1842 he became a local preacher of that body, and, in 1847, was admitted into the ministry. He has held appointments in Philadelphia and Iowa. His well-known hymn "In the Christian's home in glory" (Heaven) was written in 1856 for a camp-meeting collection which the Rev. John Gladding was then compiling. It has been slightly altered, and set to music by the Rev. W. McDonald of Boston, Massachusetts. (For these details we are indebted to Dr. Hatfield's Poets of… Go to person page >

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First Line:	In the days of His flesh they brought little children
Title:	Suffer Them to Come
Author:	Samuel Young Harmer
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Come unto me! come unto me!
Copyright:	Public Domain