Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#347

347. A little child, the Savior came

1 A little child, the Savior came,
The mighty God was still His Name;
And angels worshipped as He lay,
The seeming infant of a day.

2 He who a little child began
Saved children, too, by sin defiled,
And still proclaims the message free:
Let little children come to Me.

3 We bring, at Thy beloved behest,
Thy heirs in Holy Baptism blest,
Through Christian nurture, faith, and prayer,
That they may all Thy blessings share.

4 O give Thine angels charge, good Lord!
To keep them Thy way and Word;
Be throughout life Thy blessings given,
And in the end take them to heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: A little child, the Savior came
• Author: William Robertson (1861)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: The Christian Household

Tune Information

• Name: ALSTONE
• Composer: Christopher Edwin Willing (1868)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: C Major