YOUR LITTLE ONES, DEAR LORD

Not only does it tell little children of Christ’s birth, but it teaches them
about their baptism. How are we His little ones? Through baptism! We
cannot “come His lowly bed to see” by our own reason and strength,
but the Holy Ghost has called me by the Gospel. This is why we learn
to say, “O draw us wholly to Thee, Lord” – He must draw us, and
“wholly.” How does He “true faith and love … impart?” The first way:
in baptism. The great prayer in this hymn is: “Keep us, however the
world may lure,/In our baptismal covenant pure,” until He brings us to
heaven. “Grant us, our Savior, every one,/To stand in heaven before
Thy throne.”