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God Is the Loving Father

Author: Mabel Niedermeyer Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: God is the loving Father Of children everywhere Refrain First Line: I'm glad God is the Father of children

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SUMMER EVENING

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Roberta Bitgood Tune Sources: Arr. from a Finnish Folk Song Incipit: 35544 35133 21653 Used With Text: God Is the Loving Father

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God Is the Loving Father

Author: Mabel Niedermeyer Hymnal: Hymns for Primary Worship #37 (1946) Refrain First Line: I'm glad God is the Father of children Languages: English Tune Title: SUMMER EVENING

I'm glad God is the Father of children

Author: Mabel Niedermeyer Hymnal: Songs and Hymns for Primary Children #d28 (1963) First Line: God is the loving Father of children everywhere

I'm glad God is the Father of children

Author: Mabel Niedermeyer Hymnal: When Boys and Girls Sing #d39 (1957) First Line: God is the loving Father of children everywhere

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Mabel N. McCaw

b. 1899 Person Name: Mabel Niedermeyer Author of "God Is the Loving Father" Niedermeyer, Mabel. (Bloomington, Illinois, March 13, 1899--?). Disciples of Christ. Illinois Wesleyan University, B.S. 1924; Yale Divinity School, M.A. 1926; Director of Religious Eduction., Bloomington, Ill., 1928-1936; National Director of Children's Work, United Christian Missionary Society, Indianapolis, 1936-1948. Married C.C. McCaw in 1948, widowed, 1978. Author of fourteen books for children and many children's songs. Her hymn "Our Church Proclaims God's Love and Care" is included in Hymns for Junior Worship (1940) and Christian Worship (1941); several hymns in Hymns for Primary Worship. --Jean E. Garriott, DNAH Archives

Roberta Bitgood

1908 - 2007 Arranger of "SUMMER EVENING" in Hymns for Primary Worship