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[Little bird, little bird, singing in the tree]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Maltbie D. Babcock Incipit: 53363 33212 33443 Used With Text: Little Bird

Shining sun, shining sun

Author: Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: [Shining sun, shining sun]

Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Little bird, little bird, singing in the tree Lyrics: 1 Little bird, little bird, singing in the tree, Tell me pray, tell me pray, what your song may be? Little child, little child, I will tell you true, God is love, God is love, this I sing to you. 2 Little flower, little flower, in your dress so gay, Tell me pray, tell me pray, what have you to say? Little child, little child, I will tell you true, God is love, God is love, He clothed me and you. 3 Pretty stars, pretty stars, shining all the night, Tell my pray, tell me pray, why you look so bright? Little child, little child, I will tell you true, God is love, God is love, He bids us shine for you. 4 God is love, God is love, hear it ev’rywhere; Ev’ry breeze through the trees sings it through the air. Little child, little child, All things sing to you, God is love, God is love, you must love Him too. Used With Tune: [Little bird, little bird, singing in the tree]

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Shining sun, shining sun

Author: Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock Hymnal: The School Hymnal #267 (1899) Languages: English Tune Title: [Shining sun, shining sun]

Little Bird

Hymnal: Hymns and Carols #18 (1903) First Line: Little bird, little bird, singing in the tree Lyrics: 1 Little bird, little bird, singing in the tree, Tell me pray, tell me pray, what your song may be? Little child, little child, I will tell you true, God is love, God is love, this I sing to you. 2 Little flower, little flower, in your dress so gay, Tell me pray, tell me pray, what have you to say? Little child, little child, I will tell you true, God is love, God is love, He clothed me and you. 3 Pretty stars, pretty stars, shining all the night, Tell my pray, tell me pray, why you look so bright? Little child, little child, I will tell you true, God is love, God is love, He bids us shine for you. 4 God is love, God is love, hear it ev’rywhere; Ev’ry breeze through the trees sings it through the air. Little child, little child, All things sing to you, God is love, God is love, you must love Him too. Languages: English Tune Title: [Little bird, little bird, singing in the tree]

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Maltbie D. Babcock

1858 - 1901 Person Name: Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock Author of "Shining sun, shining sun" in The School Hymnal Maltbie D. Babcock (b. Syracuse, NY, 1858; d. Naples, Italy, 1901) graduated from Syracuse University, New York, and Auburn Theological Seminary (now associated with Union Theological Seminary in New York) and became a Presbyterian minister. He served the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. In Baltimore he was especially popular with students from Johns Hopkins University, but he ministered to people from all walks of life. Babcock wrote hymn texts and devotional, poems, some of which were published in The School Hymnal (1899). Bert Polman =================== Babcock, Maltbie Davenport, D.D., was born at Syracuse, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1858. Graduating from Syracuse University, he was ordained to the Presbyterian Ministry and was pastor of churches in Lockport, N.Y., Baltimore, and N.Y. City. He died at Naples, Italy, May 18th, 1901. He was richly gifted, and his short career was memorable for the extraordinary influence of his personality and his preaching. Extracts from his sermons and poems were published in 1901 as Thoughts for Every Day Living; and his Biography by Dr. C. E. Robinson in 1904. He contributed to the Presbyterian School Hymnal, 1899, the following hymns:— 1. Gaily the bells are ringing. Faster. 2. O blessed Saviour, Lord of love. Unto Me. 3. Shining Sun, shining sun. Child's Hymn. The tunes to these hymns were of his own composing. In The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904, there is:— 4. Rest in the Lord, my soul. Trust and Peace and in the American Methodist Hymnal, 1905:— 5. Be strong: we are not here to play. Activity in God's Service. Nos. 4 and 5 are from Thoughts for Every Day Living, 1901; but undated. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)