Wonderful Things to Know

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'Tis wonderful to know that Jesus Was once a child like me

Author: Helen H. Lemmel
Tune: ['Tis wonderful to know that Jesus]
Published in 14 hymnals

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1 ‘Tis wonderful to know that Jesus
Was once a child like me,
And lived on earth and worked and played
In Him home in Galilee.

Refrain:
Wonderful, wonderful Jesus!
Who was once a child like me;
Wonderful, wonderful Jesus!
Like Him I want to be.

2 More wonderful it is to know
That He has gone above,
To prepare a place where I may live
Forever in His love. [Refrain]

Source: Standard Songs of Evangelism #94

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Author: Helen H. Lemmel

Born: November 14, 1863, Wardle, England. Died: November 1, 1961, at her home in Seattle, Washington. Buried: Lemmel was cremated, but her final resting place is unknown to us. Daughter of a Methodist minister, Helen emigrated from England with her family to America when she was 12 years old. They first settled in Mississippi, then relocated to Wisconsin. She moved to Seattle in 1904, and for three years was music critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. While interviewing German singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Helen was persuaded to go to Europe. A gifted singer, she studied music in Germany for four years. Upon her return to America, she began giving concerts and traveling on the Chautauqua circuit. Eventually, she became a vocal… Go to person page >

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First Line:	'Tis wonderful to know that Jesus Was once a child like me
Title:	Wonderful Things to Know
Author:	Helen H. Lemmel
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Wonderful, wonderful Jesus
Copyright:	Public Domain