Vieram A Cristo

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Vieram a Cristo a mãe com seus meninos

Author: William Medlen Hutchings; Translator: S. E. McNair
Tune: SALEM (Methfessel)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Vieram a Cristo a mãe com seus meninos
A fim de que pusesse sobre eles Sua mão;
Mas certos servos do Senhor
Às criancinhas, com rigor,
Queriam vedar essa apresentação.

2 De Cristo ignoravam a terna simpatia,
Pois Ele os pequeninos nunca desprezou assim;
Seu feito o Mestre reprovou
E com amor lhes observou:
"Deixai os meninos que venham a Mim".

3 E não muda nunca Seu coração clemente;
Em nada tem mudado Seu divino, terno amor,
Pois hoje ainda quer chamar
E com favor abençoar
Aos que vejam nEle seu bom Salvador.

4 Oh! Vinde, meninos, tereis em Jesus Cristo
Um bom Amigo, terno Guia e forte Salvador,
A todos manda convidar
Que venham com Seu Pai gozar
As bênçãos eternas do Seu grande amor.

Source: Hinos e Cânticos: com música #160

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Author: William Medlen Hutchings

Hutchings, William Medlen, son of William Hutchings, was born at Devonport, Aug. 28, 1827, and died May 21,1876. Mr. Hutchings was engaged for some time as a printer and publisher in London. His well-known hymn, "When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus" (Children brought to Christ), was written for the anniversary service of St. Paul's Chapel Sunday School, Wigan, in 1850, and was published in a revised form in the Juvenile Missionary Magazine of June 1850. A full account of the original and the revised texts is given in a note in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church and Home, 1873. Another hymn by Mr. Hutchings, "We have heard the wondrous story" (The Life of Jesus), appeared in the Sunday School Union Voice of Praise, 1886.… Go to person page >

Translator: S. E. McNair

Stuart Edmund McNair was born on March 8, 1867, in Brighton, England, and grew up in Croydon. He was the son of Lindsay William McNair and Harriet Agnes Turrell. He graduated in civil engineering, mechanical drawing, and theology. At 14, he had a significant experience with theologian John Nelson Darby, which influenced his spiritual journey. In 1891, McNair moved to Lisbon, where he worked for five years. In 1896, at 29 years old, he arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to do missionary work. Over the years, he evangelized in several Brazilian cities and traveled to Argentina, Spain, and Portugal, including a three-year stay in Coimbra, where he evangelized university students. In addition to his evangelism, McNair made a significant c… Go to person page >

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