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Jesus Loves The Little Children

Author: James Henry Fillmore, Sr. Appears in 16 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: Jesus said of little children Lyrics: 1 Jesus said of little children, "Suffer them to come to Me, For to such My heavenly kingdom Shall a home of welcome be." I love Him, He loves me, And His child I want to be, For He said "the little children," And I know that He means me. 2 When I try to be like Jesus— Patient, gentle, meek and mild, Then it is He smiles and loves me, Then He owns me as His child. I love Him, He loves me, And His child I’ll try to be, For He said "the little children," And I know that He means me. 3 Every day, as I grow older, More I’ll try to do His will, Growing wiser, stronger, better, Every duty to fulfill. I’ll love Him, He’ll love me, His disciple I will be, For He said "the little children," And I know that He means me. Used With Tune: [Jesus said of little children] Text Sources: Joy and Gladness (Cincinnati: Fillmore Brothers, 1880)

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[Jesus said of little children]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Fillmore Hymnal Title: The Praise Hymnal Incipit: 31536 56535 13223 Used With Text: For He said the little children

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Jesus loves the little children

Author: J. H. Fillmore Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #d200 (1898) Hymnal Title: Bells of Heaven First Line: Jesus said of little children Languages: English

Jesus loves the little children

Author: J. H. Fillmore Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #d177 (1898) Hymnal Title: Bells of Heaven First Line: Jesus said of little children Languages: English

Jesus loves the little children

Author: J. H. Fillmore Hymnal: Bells of Heaven #d201 (1895) Hymnal Title: Bells of Heaven First Line: Jesus said of little children Languages: English

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J. H. Fillmore

1849 - 1936 Person Name: James Henry Fillmore, Sr. Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Author of "Jesus Loves The Little Children" in The Cyber Hymnal James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music House for 30 years, and many tunes were composed for her lyrics. He was instrumental in the prohibition and temperance efforts of the day. His wife died in 1913, and he took a world tour trip with single daughter, Fred (a church singer), in the early 1920s. He died in Cincinnati. His son, Henry, became a bandmaster/composer. John Perry