Day 17, Track 17, O Come Little Children

Author: Christoph von Schmid, 1798

Tune: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

O Come Little Children is a german Christmas carol adapted from a poem written by a Catholic priest in 1798. The poem was titled, ‘The children at the manger”. The poem was translated into a song in 1837.

Today was the first day I’ve heard this song, however, the melody is somewhat familiar. The lyrics made me think of, Mark 10:15, “I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter in.”

Are you familiar with this hymn?

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