"The Savior Kindly Calls"
by Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
Adapted by Henry U. Onderdonk, 1789-1858
Text From:
THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



1. The Savior kindly calls
Our children to His breast;
He folds them in His gracious arms,
Himself declares them blest.

2. "Let them approach," He cries,
"Nor scorn their humble claim;
The heirs of heaven are such as these,
For such as these I came."

3. With joy we bring them, Lord,
Devoting them to Thee,
Imploring that, as we are Thine,
Thine may our offspring be.

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Notes:
Hymn #302 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
Text: Mark 10:14
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1755, cento
Adapted by: Henry U. Onderdonk, 1826, ad.
Tune: "Franconia"
1st Published in: _Harmonischer Liederschatz_
Town: Frankfurt, 1738

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