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.

Ref. -- I should like to have been with them then;
I should like to have been with them then;
How he called little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then.

2 I wish that his hands had been placed on my head, His arms had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen his kind look when he said, "Let the little ones come unto me."

Ref. -- "Let the little ones come unto me,"
"Let the little ones come unto me,"
And that I might have seen his kind look when he said, "Let the little ones come unto me."

3 Yet still to his footstool in prayer I may go,
And ask for a share in his love;
And if I now earnestly seek him below,
I shall see him and hear him above.

Ref. -- I shall see him and hear him above,
I shall see him and hear him above,
And if I now earnestly seek him below,
I shall see him and hear him above.

Mrs. Jemima Luke, 1841.