Text: | I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old |
Author: | Jemima Luke |
Tune: | SWEET STORY (Luke) |
Arranger: | William B. Bradbury |
Harmonizer: | Winfred Douglas |
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 them then.
2 I wish that His hands had been placed on my head,
That His arms had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen His kind look when He said,
"Let the little ones come unto Me."
3 Yet still to His footstool in prayer I may go
And ask for a share in His love.
And if I thus earnestly seek Him below,
I shall see Him and hear Him above.
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First Line: | I think when I read that sweet story of old |
Title: | I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old |
Author: | Jemima Luke (1841, alt.) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1962 |
Topic: | Jesus on Earth |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SWEET STORY (Luke) |
Arranger: | William B. Bradbury |
Harmonizer: | Winfred Douglas (1918) |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Greek Melody |
Copyright: | Arr. © The Church Pension fund from "The Hymnal of The Protestant Episcopal Church" |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |