New Obedience
Jesus Wants All Of His Children
- Words:
- verses 1-5 Mrs. James W. Wood, 1909. verses 6-7 Brian J. Dumont, 2008.
- Music:
- Music and
- Setting:
- 'Blessed Are They' Mrs. James W. Wood, from "Service in Song", Standard Pub. Co., 1909.
- Metre:
- 8 5 8 5
- 1Jesus wants all of His childrento be good and true;He will help if we but ask Him,help us gladly too.
- 2Jesus was so meek and lowly,As a little child.We will try to be like Jesus,gentle, patient, mild.
- 3Jesus wants us to be loving,helping when we may.We will try to be kindhearted,merciful each day.
- 4"Blessed are the pure in heart," thus the Savior taught.Clean in mind, in soul, in body, pure in every thought.
- 5When we find our friends are angry,we will to them say,"Jesus wants you to be loving,each and every day."
- 6When I know that I have done wrong, to Jesus I flee.He has paid for all transgressions, He has paid for me!
- 7Jesus knew that we would fail Him so He came to beLife to all the poor and lost ones, life eternally!
Scripture
Topics
- Children (see also God's Children - the Faithful)
- Christian Life
- Commitment
- Consecration
- Discipleship
- Duty (see also Law)
- Example, Christ's
- Following Jesus, In Action
- God's Children - the Faithful (see also Saints, People of the World)
- Jesus
- Kindness, God's
- Kindness, Ours
- Love
- Obedience
- Patience
- People of the World
- Self Control (see also Law)
- Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)
In the hymnals
- The words are in 3 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Blessed Are They, is in 1 hymnal. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.