“But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.’” (Matthew 19:14) “He who does not love does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:8)
In 1860 Anna Bartlett Warner wrote this familiar and famous children’s song:
Jesus loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong; they are weak, but He is strong.
Jesus loves me! He who died heaven’s gates to open wide!
He will wash away my sin, let His little child come in.
Jesus loves me! Loves me still, though I’m very weak and ill;
From His shining throne on high, comes to watch me where I lie.
Jesus loves me! He will stay close beside me all the way;
If I love Him, when I die He will take me home on high.
Jesus loves me! This I know, as He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee, saying, ‘Let them come to me.’
Yes, Jesus loves me, yes, Jesus loves me, yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me, this I know, For the Bible tells me so
Author: Anna Bartlett Warner (1859)
Tune: JESUS LOVES ME (Bradbury)
Published in 614 hymnals
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