Come let us sing of Jesus
Come let us sing of Jesus. George Washington Bethune* (1805-1862).
F.M. Bird notes that this hymn was published in 1850, and that it was ‘suited to Sunday schools’ (JJ, p. 139). The earliest printing in the USA recorded in Hymnary.org was in William Batchelder Bradbury*’s Sabbath School Melodies, and Family Choir: a complete collection of hymns and music for all Sabbath school occasions (New York, 1850), which confirms Bird’s entry and is more specific. It had four stanzas:
Come, let us sing of Jesus, While hearts and accents blend; Come, let us sing of Jesus, The sinner’s only friend; His holy soul rejoices Amid the choirs above, To hear our youthful voices Exulting in his...
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