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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 146 · Words: Jemima Luke

I Think When I Read That Sweet Story

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Written by Jemima Luke in 1841, this beloved children's hymn expresses a tender longing to have been present when Jesus welcomed little children, drawing on the Gospel accounts of Christ blessing them.

Verse 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 Him then.

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

I long for the joy of that glorious time,
The sweetest and brightest and best,
When the dear little children of every clime
Shall crowd to His arms and be blest.

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