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HIGHGATE (Woods)

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. Cunningham Woods Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 34565 31272 54364

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A little child the Saviour came

Appears in 54 hymnals Used With Tune: HIGHGATE

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A little child the Saviour came

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary #397b (1902) Languages: English Tune Title: HIGHGATE
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A little child the Saviour came

Author: W. Robertson Hymnal: Church Hymns and Tunes #562 (1906) Languages: English Tune Title: HIGHGATE

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William Robertson

1820 - 1864 Person Name: W. Robertson Author of "A little child the Saviour came" in Church Hymns and Tunes 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)

F. Cunningham Woods

1862 - 1929 Person Name: F. C. Woods Composer of "HIGHGATE" in The Church Hymnary
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