When mothers of Salem

1.

When mothers of Salem

Their children brought to Jesus

The stern disciples drove them back

And bade them depart

But Jesus saw them ere they fled

And sweetly smiled and kindly said

“Suffer little children to come unto Me”

2.

For I will receive them

And fold them in my bosom

I’ll be a Shepherd to those lambs

For if their hearts to Me they give

They shall with me in glory live

“Suffer little children to come unto Me”

3.

How kind was our Saviour

To bid those children welcome

But there are many thousands

Who have never heard His name

The Bible they have never read

Thy know not that the Saviour said

“Suffer little children to come unto Me”

4.

Oh! Soon may the heathen

Of every tribe and nation

Fulfill thy blessed word

And cast their idols all away

Oh! Shine upon them from above

And show Thyself a God of love

Teach the little children to come unto Thee