The Cyber Hymnal ‎#642

642. Bring in the Children

1. Bring in the children, O bring them today;
Speak to them gently, and show them the way;
Careless they wander, and thoughtless they roam;
Bring in the children, for here is their home.

Refrain
Bring, O bring the children,
O bring them today,
O bring them today;
Bring, O bring the children,
O bring them in today.

2. Bring in the children, O seek them abroad,
Win them from evil, and train them for God;
Gladly our mission O let us fulfill,
Knowing that Jesus will be with us still. [Refrain]

3. Bring in the children, so friendless and poor;
Joy to their hearts will the Savior restore;
Bring in the children, compel them to come;
Jesus invites them, and yet there is room. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Bring in the children, O bring them today
• Title: Bring in the Children
• Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1898)
• Refrain First Line: Bring, O bring the children
• Language: English
• Source: Royal Hymnal, by Ira Sankey & Robert Lowry (New York: Biglow & Main Company, 1898)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Bring in the children, O bring them today]
• Composer: Ira David Sankey
• Incipit: 11113 45671 22223
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain