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167. JESUS, THE FRIEND OF CHILDREN

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​Author:  Albert Knapp, 1826 (1798-1864)
​Composer:  Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836)​

​1. God, my life’s Creator,
    Grant me grace and favor
    Not to live in vain.
    Lord, Thy love so holy,
    And Thy Spirit lowly
    In my heart shall reign.
    Thy likeness Let me possess;
    With Thy care and Thy direction,
    Bring it to perfection!
 
2. On those heights up yonder,
    Hosts shall stand asunder
    In bright radiance;
    Those, who in life’s morning,
    Sinful pleasures scorning,
    Went to Thee from hence.
    Therefore they Shall ever stay
    With the saints whose song increases
    In Thy praise, Lord Jesus!
 
3. Jesus, friend of children,
    Thou who for the sinners
    Didst on earth appear,
    O, how kind and tender
    Was Thy heart to render
    Loving help and cheer!
    Lord, that we Become like Thee
    In our thought and conversation,
    Be our emulation.
 
4. Blest is he who loves Thee;
    Blest, who aims sincerely,
    God, Thy child to be.
    Such pure inclinations,
    Thy love’s inspirations,
    Give, O Lord, to me,
    That I wear In heaven fair
    Thy blest, pure and holy likeness
    In eternal brightness.

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Thanks be to those souls who labored to write and compose this treasure of praise, many now only known to GOD!

Above all, thanks, praise, and glory be to GOD!
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    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
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  • Acknowledgements