My Bible Tells Me So

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Christ loved little children

Author: William Baxter
Tune: [Christ loved little children]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Christ loved little children,
While on earth below;
And I often wonder,
If he loves them now,
Yes, he loves them well, I know,
For my Bible tells me so.

2 Men, to be converted,
Jesus says must be
As the little children
In humility.
And he loves them still, I know,
For my Bible tells me so.

3 Children praised the Savior,
When on earth he stood;
They shall sing his praises,
Round the throne of God.
He will own them there, I know,
For my Bible tells me so.

4 If the little children
Strive to do his will,
Christ, the Lord, will ever
Love and bless them still.
Love them ever, this I know,
For my Bible tells me so.

Source: The Little Minstrel: a collection of songs and music, with lessons of instruction, mathematically arranged plan of notation #63

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Author: William Baxter

Baxter, William (Leeds, Yorkshire, July 6, 1820--February 11, 1880, New Castle, Pennsylvania). Came to U.S. in 1829; was a Methodist until he joined the Disciples of Christ ca. 1838. Graduated from Bethany College, 1845. President of Arkansas College (Fayetteville), 1860-1863. His Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove (1864) tells of his experience as an anti-slavery advocate in a seceding state. Co-worker with evangelist Wlater Scott (1796-1861), whose biography he published in 1874. He contributed hymns to such books as Christian Psalmist, Revised (1854), Christian Hymn Book (1865), and Christian Hymnal, Revised (1882). His "Whene'er I think of thee" appeared in both the 1865 and 1882 books listed above. Preface to the 1865 book speaks of the e… Go to person page >

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