 | 1842 - 418 pages
...the first fruits, Then our lives shall all be thine. — ER THE CHILD'S DESIRE. I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among...lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then : I wish that his hand had been placed on my head, That his arms had been thrown around me,... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...by Miss Thompson, and is admirably adapted for children. THE CHILD'S DESIRE, 1. I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How he called little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then. I wish that his hands had been placed... | |
 | 1853 - 684 pages
...when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesns was here among mcii, How he called Irttle children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with him then: I wish that his hands had been placed on my head, That his arms had been thrown around me, And that I might have see* his kind look... | |
 | Bristol Sunday-school union - 1844 - 236 pages
...service die ! PM CHILD's DESIRE. Children welcome to Christ. T THINK, when I read that sweet story A of old, When Jesus was here among men ; How he called little children, like lambs to his fold, [then. I wish that his hand had been placed on my head, [me, That his arms had been thrown around And... | |
 | 1844 - 650 pages
...entreaties, they determined to sing their favourite hymn, and thus began: — ' I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How he called little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then.' The dear girl could not sing any... | |
 | Sunday school teachers - 1852 - 580 pages
...begin — " I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus dwelt here among men, And call'd little children like lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then. I wish that his hands had been put on my head, And that I had been placed on his knee, And... | |
 | Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1846 - 158 pages
...mother's entreaties, they determined to sing their favourite hymn, and thus began, " I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How he call'd little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then." The dear girl... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1847 - 876 pages
...which delighteth in thee." . AN INFANT'S HYMN. For the Englishwoman's Magazine I THINK, when I read that sweet story of old, ' When Jesus was here among men, How he call'd little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then. I wish that... | |
 | Alexander Ellis Pearce - 1848 - 70 pages
...two last verses of which you are earnestly requested to ponder in your hearts. " I think, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among...been with Him then ! I wish that His hands had been placed on my head, That His arm had been thrown around me : And that I might have seen His kind look... | |
 | 1867 - 352 pages
...Saviour. Oh, with what delight and sweetness, too, did she sing the hymn beginning, " I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among...his fold, I should like to have been with Him then." And how she always brightened up when she came to the words, , ' " Yet still .to His footstool by prayer... | |
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THINK when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with Him then... 
