Mark 10:14: Jesus, kind, inviting Lord

Jesus, kind, inviting Lord,
We with joy obey Thy word,
In their earliest infancy
Bring our little ones to Thee:
Born they are, like us, in sin,
Touch the' unconscious lepers clean;
Purchase of Thy blood they are,
Save them by Thy dying prayer.
I YIELD, I joyfully agree
That children should be brought to Thee,
Myself their infant weakness bear,
And bring them in the arms of prayer.
Hear, Jesus, hear their helpless cry.
Whom now I place beneath Thine eye;
Into Thy kind embraces take.
And subjects of Thy kingdom make.
Thine hand beneficent extend
To bless, and shelter, and defend;
Thy Spirit to my children give.
And let them to Thy glory live.