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LIKE A CHILD
Meter: 6.6.6.3 D Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Daniel Charles Damon Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 23432 23456 51234 Used With Text: Like a child
LIKE A CHILD
Like a child
Author: Daniel Charles Damon Meter: 6.6.6.3 D Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Like a child love would send to reveal and to mend Lyrics: 1 Like a child love would send to reveal and to mend,
like a child and a friend, Jesus comes.
Like a child we may find claiming heart, soul, and mind,
like a child strong and kind, Jesus comes.
2 Like a child we will meet, ragged clothes, dirty feet,
like a child on the street, Jesus comes.
Like a child we once knew coming back into view,
like a child born anew, Jesus comes.
3 Like a child born to pray and to show us the way,
like a child here to stay, Jesus comes.
Like a child we receive all that love can conceive,
like a child we believe, Jesus comes. Topics: The Grace of Jesus Christ Christ's Promised Coming Scripture: Matthew 19:13-15 Used With Tune: LIKE A CHILD
Like a child
like a child
Author: Daniel C. Damon, 1955 Hymnal: Hymns for a Pilgrim People #86 (2007) Meter: 3.3.3.3.3.3.3 D First Line: like a child Lyrics: 1 like a child
love would send
to reveal
and to mend,
like a child
and a friend,
Jesus comes
like a child
we may find
claiming heart
soul and mind,
like a child
strong and kind,
Jesus comes
2 like a child
we will meet,
ragged clothes,
dirty feet,
like a child
on the street,
Jesus comes
like a child
we once knew
coming back
into view,
like a child
born anew,
Jesus comes
3 like a child
born to pray
and to show
us the way,
like a child
here to stay,
Jesus comes
like a child
we receive
all that love
can conceive,
like a child
we believe
Jesus comes Topics: Advent; Advent; Children; Jesus Christ Scripture: Mark 10:13 Languages: English Tune Title: LIKE A CHILD
like a child
like a child
Author: Dan Damon Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #133 (1995) Meter: 3.3.3.3.3.3.3 D Lyrics: 1 like a child
love would send
to reveal
and to mend,
like a child
and a friend,
Jesus comes
like a child
we may find
claiming heart
soul and mind,
like a child
strong and kind,
Jesus comes
2 like a child
we will meet,
ragged clothes,
dirty feet,
like a child
on the street,
Jesus comes
like a child
we once knew
coming back
into view,
like a child
born anew,
Jesus comes
3 like a child
born to pray
and to show
us the way,
like a child
here to stay,
Jesus comes
like a child
we receive
all that love
can conceive,
like a child
we believe
Jesus comes Topics: God Known in Jesus Christ Advent; Children; Christian Year: Advent; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ: Advent; Jesus Christ: Birth Languages: English Tune Title: LIKE A CHILD
like a child
like a child
Author: Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- Hymnal: Worship and Rejoice #162 (2003) Meter: 3.3.3.3.3.3.3 D Lyrics: 1 like a child
love would send
to reveal
and to mend,
like a child
and a friend,
Jesus comes
like a child
we may find
claiming heart
soul and mind,
like a child
strong and kind,
Jesus comes
2 like a child
we will meet,
ragged clothes,
dirty feet,
like a child
on the street,
Jesus comes
like a child
we once knew
coming back
into view,
like a child
born anew,
Jesus comes
3 like a child
born to pray
and to show
us the way,
like a child
here to stay,
Jesus comes
like a child
we receive
all that love
can conceive,
like a child
we believe
Jesus comes Scripture: Luke 18:17 Languages: English Tune Title: LIKE A CHILD
like a child
Dan Damon
b. 1955 Person Name: Daniel Charles Damon Author of "like a child" in Sing the Faith Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty World (Nashville, 2002), Fields of Mercy (Carol Stream, 2007), and Garden of Joy (Carol Stream, 2011). He collaborated with text writer Gracia Grindal in A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns Series A (Colfax. 2012). Damon's hymns have been included in several major hymnals and supplements. He has also written hymn translations from Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Shona languages, and, with Patrick Matsikenyiri, edited Njalo, A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African Tradition (Nashville, 1996). He has released three recordings of hymns, carols, and traditional songs, and a solo piano recording of jazz standards (available at www.damonstuneshop.com).
Damon has presented his work at national conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He is a contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.
In 2016, Damon was made a Fellow of the hymn Society, the highest honor The Hymn Society can confer.
Dan Damon
Dan Damon
