A Little Child the Saviour Came by William Robertson, 1861 ALSTONE—Christopher Edwin Willing ROSE HILL—Joseph E. Sweetser A Little Child the Saviour Came 1 A Little child the Saviour came, The Mighty God was still his Name; And angels worshipped as he lay, The seeming infant of a day. 2 He who a little child began The life divine to show to man, Proclaims from heaven the message free, “Let little children come to me.” 3 We bring them, Lord, and with the sign Of cleansing water name them thine: