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DAMASCUS (33333)

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Anonymous Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 33333 21233 36554

A little child the Saviour came

Author: William Robertson, 1820-1864 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: The Church The Sacraments - Baptism Used With Tune: DAMASCUS

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A little child the Saviour came

Author: William Robertson, 1820-1864 Hymnal: The Book of Praise #348b (1918) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Church The Sacraments - Baptism Languages: English Tune Title: DAMASCUS

A little child the Saviour came

Author: William Robertson Hymnal: The Presbyterian Book of Praise #411a (1897) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Church The Sacraments - Baptism Scripture: Matthew 19:14 Languages: English Tune Title: DAMASCUS

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Anonymous

Composer of "DAMASCUS (33333)" In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

William Robertson

1820 - 1864 Person Name: William Robertson, 1820-1864 Author of "A little child the Saviour came" in The Book of Praise Robertson, William, M.A., eldest son of the Rev. John Robertson, D.D., of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, was born at Cambuslang, July 15, 1820. He studied and graduated M.A. at the University of Glasgow. In 1843 he became parish minister of Monzievaird, Perthshire, where he died June 9, 1864. He was appointed a member of the Hymnal Committee of the Established Church in 1852, 1853, and 1857, and contributed 2 hymns to their Hymns for Public Worship, 1861, since included in their Scottish Hymnal, 1869, which have attained considerable popularity, viz., "A little child the Saviour came" (Christmas), and a version of the Te Deum, which begins, "Thee God we praise, Thee Lord confess." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)