Matthew 18:4: See the true evangelic child,

See the true evangelic child,'
So ready at the Father's call!
Harmless, and tractable, and mild.
Placid, benevolent to all.
Nor wealth nor honour he desires.
Nor proudly to be first aspires.

Directed by the Father's will
What to eschew, what to approve.
Simple, and ignorant of ill,
He speaks with unreflecting love,
A stranger to the colouring art;
And truth flows genuine from his heart.

This is the soul divinely great,
To spotless innocence restored,
Establish'd in his first estate,
Born in the image of his Lord,
With Jesus' little ones to rise.
And reign immortal in the skies.