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How kind is the Saviour, how great is his love! To bless little children, he came from above; He left holy angels, and their bright abode, To dwell here with children, and teach them the road.
He wept in the garden, and died on the tree, To open a fountain for sinners like me: His blood is that fountain which pardon bestows, And cleanses the foulest wherever it flows.
He went back to glory; but left us His Word, Which oft from our teachers and pastors we’ve heard; He sends forth His Spirit our hearts to inflame, With joy to His service, and love to His name.
O help us, blest Jesus, more sweetly to praise, And walk in Thy footsteps the rest of our days; Then raise us, dear Saviour, to taste of Thy love, And praise Thee for ever with angels above!
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