Scripture Verse

Let the children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. Matthew 19:14

Introduction

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Charles E. Prior (1856–1927)

Words: El­la S. Ar­mi­tage, The Gar­den of the Lord (Lon­don: No­vel­lo, 1881).

Music: Bal­ik­pa­pan Charles E. Pri­or, in The Sun­day School Hym­nal (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hei­del­berg Press, 1899), num­ber 275 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ar­mi­tage (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

In the dear Lord’s gar­den,
Planted here be­low,
Many ti­ny flow­er­ets
In sweet beau­ty grow.

Refrain

Jesus calls the child­ren,
Bids them come and stand
In His plea­sant gar­den,
Watered by His hand.

Christ, the lov­ing Gard­en­er,
Tends these blos­soms small;
Loves the lit­tle lil­ies
As the ce­dars tall.

Refrain

Lord, Thy call we an­swer,
Take us in Thy care;
Train us in Thy gar­den,
In Thy work to share.

Refrain