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Happy Little Workers

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Jesus is the children's Friend Used With Tune: [Jesus is the children's Friend]

[Jesus is the children's Friend]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 35534 66555 31323 Used With Text: Happy Little Workers

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Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Junior Songs #94 (1892) First Line: Jesus is the children's Friend Lyrics: 1 Jesus is the children's Friend, Happy little workers we; In his love our days we spend, Happy little workers we. Round his throne we love to bend, On his words with joy attend. Jesus is the children's Friend, Happy little workers we. Chorus: Happy little workers, Happy little workers, Happy little workers we; Serving Jesus ev'ry day, Happy little workers we. 2 Jesus is the children's King, Happy little workers we; To his mighty hand we cling, Happy little workers we. To his cross our hearts we bring, To his praise our hymns we sing, Jesus is the children's King, Happy little workers we. [Chorus] 3 Jesus is the children's Joy, Happy little workers we; Helping ev'ry girl and boy, Happy little workers we. All of evil to destroy; May his work our lives employ; Jesus is the children's Joy, Happy little workers we. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is the children's Friend]

Happy Little Workers

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Infant Praises #46 (1887) First Line: Jesus is the children's Friend Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus is the children's Friend]

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Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Author of "Happy Little Workers" in Junior Songs Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Jesus is the children's Friend]" in Junior Songs William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman