Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Family Devotion

The Saviour kindly calls

  • No. 562
  • Words Henry U. Onderdonk.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

The Saviour kindly callsOur 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.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «562» (large) with the reference line «688, 403, 736.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 688, 403 or 736); foot of the right column of p. 183, below hymn 561, stanzas 1–3, «Henry U. Onderdonk.» in italics at the end. The first word «THE» is set in capitals and small capitals. In stanza 2 the words of Christ are in double quotation marks, with a repeated opening mark at the start of line 2 (as printed: «"Let them approach," he cries, / "Nor scorn …» and the closing mark after «came.»); the print's thin space after each opening mark is closed up and the marks are written straight ("). The print sets a thin space before «;» («breast ;», «arms ;», «claim ;», «these ;», «thee ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Family Devotion · No. 562 · printed page 183
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01