Half so gentle, half so sweet,
As the Saviour, who would have us
Come and gather round his feet?

"There's a wideness in God's mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea;
There's a kindness in his justice
Which is more than liberty.

"There is no place where earth's sorrows
Are more felt than up in heaven;
There is no place where earth's failings
Have such kindly judgments given.

"There is plentiful redemption
In the blood that has been shed;
There is joy for all the members
In the sorrows of the head.

"If our love were but more simple,
We should take him at his word;
And our lives would all be sunshine,
In the sweetness of our Lord."

The prophet Isaiah foretold that when Jesus came, he would teach his
doctrines to children just weaned. Chap. xxviii: 9. This shows us
that his teaching was to be marked by great plainness and simplicity.
And this was just the way in which he did teach when he uttered those
loving words:--"_Suffer the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God._" Mark x: 14.