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Text:It fell upon a summer day
Author:Rev. Stopford Augustus Brooke (1832-1916)
Tune:CHILDHOOD

444. It fell upon a summer day

1 It fell upon a summer day,
When Jesus walked in Galilee,
The mothers from a village brought
Their children to His knee.

2 He took them in His arms, and laid
His hands on each remembered head;
"Suffer these little ones to come
To Me," He gently said.

3 "Forbid them not; unless ye bear
The childlike heart your hearts within,
Unto My Kingdom ye may come,
But may not enter in."

4 O Father, grant this childlike heart,
That I may come to Christ, and feel
His hands on me in blessing laid,
Love-giving, strong to heal.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: It fell upon a summer day
Author: Rev. Stopford Augustus Brooke (1832-1916)
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 6.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: Children's Hymns; Children's Day
Copyright: From "A Students' Hymnal." By permission of the Oxford University Press. Words used by permission of Miss Honor Brooke.
Tune Information
Name: CHILDHOOD
Meter: 8. 8. 8. 6.
Incipit: 13565 43211 15671
Key: F Major
Source: "A Students' Hymnal," University of Wales, 1923
Copyright: From "A Students' Hymnal." By permission of the Oxford University Press.



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