Jesus Loves the Little Children

Jesus’ affection for the little ones in:

First, the presentation, 13a
Second, the objection, 13b
Third, the permission, 14
Why Jesus was angry with His disciples:
#1: They didn’t yet know the character of Jesus
#2: They didn’t yet know the defect in their own character
#3: They presumed they knew better than Jesus who should approach Him and who should not
#4: They had forgotten His previous lesson on the value of little children
Fourth, the benediction, 15

He raised them in His holy arms,
He blessed them from the world and all its harms;
Heirs thought they were of sin and shame,
He blessed them in His own and in His Father’s name.

Then, as each fond, unconscious child
On th’ everlasting Parent sweetly smiled,
Like infants sporting on the shore,
That tremble not at ocean’s boundless roar