1 Dear Saviour, the children are coming to thee,
Coming to thee, coming to thee,
From mountain and valley, from island and sea,
The children are coming to thee;
For “suffer the children to come unto me,
Forbidding them not” in the Bible we see,
So now in life’s morning, so happy and free,
The children are coming to thee.
Refrain:
Coming to thee, coming to thee;
Like doves to the windows or birds to the tree,
The children are coming to thee.
2 Dear Saviour, the children are coming to thee,
Coming to thee, coming to thee,
To lean on thy breast and thy beauty to see,
The children are coming to thee;
“An army with banners” now marching along,
An army for Jesus, to fight against wrong,
Still shouting and singing a jubilant song,
The children are coming to thee. [Refrain]
3 Dear Saviour, the children are coming to thee,
Coming to thee, coming to thee,
O look down from heaven, dear Saviour, and see,
The children are coming to thee;
O take them and seal them forever thine own,
And never allow them to wander alone,
But tenderly guide them until ‘round thy throne,
The children are gather’d to thee. [Refrain]
Source: The Service of Praise #104
Johnson Oatman, Jr., son of Johnson and Rachel Ann Oatman, was born near Medford, N. J., April 21, 1856. His father was an excellent singer, and it always delighted the son to sit by his side and hear him sing the songs of the church.
Outside of the usual time spent in the public schools, Mr. Oatman received his education at Herbert's Academy, Princetown, N. J., and the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, Bordentown, N. J. At the age of nineteen he joined the M.E. Church, and a few years later he was granted a license to preach the Gospel, and still later he was regularly ordained by Bishop Merrill. However, Mr. Oatman only serves as a local preacher.
For many years he was engaged with his father in the mercantile business at Lumberton… Go to person page >
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