One Sunday at the close of a church service at Swiss L’Abri, Francis Schaeffer asked the congregation to sing, “Jesus Loves Me.†He smiled and added, “Some of you may realize that this is my favorite hymn.â€Īnd on it goes. The Americans clearly understood the reference to Anna Warner’s simple hymn–“Jesus Loves Me.” In 1972 some Americans received an unusual message from China–that the “This I know” people were well! The Chinese authorities thought the message nonsensical, so they let it through. Glimpses of Christian History: “When Mao Tse Tung founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Christian church was severely persecuted, with little information coming to the outside world. John Stott: “The love of Christ is an immense subject, shallow enough for a child to paddle in “Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.” But deep enough for giants to wade in: “how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ!” “the love of Christ is ‘broad’ enough to compass all mankind (especially Jews and Gentiles, the theme of these chapters), ‘long’ enough to last for eternity, ‘deep’ enough to reach the most degraded sinner, and ‘high’ enough to exalt him to heaven.” Islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana who found Kennedy and the survivors remembers that when they rode on PT boats to retrieve the survivors, the Marines sang this song with the natives, who learned it from missionaries.” Wikipedia: “In 1943 in the Solomon Islands, John F.
Bradbury came across the lyrics and added music and a chorus.Īmy Carmichael, the Irish missionary to India, was converted after hearing “Jesus Loves Me” at a children’s mission in Yorkshire, England. The lyrics to “Jesus Loves Me” first appeared in a novel written by Anna Warner’s sister Susan. Theme: The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The chorus was added by William Bradbury. Several authors have added more verses, including Anglican priest David Rutherford McGuire in 1971. Main.Lyrics: Anna Warner wrote the first four verses printed below. Bliss." (For this article we are mainly indebted to Professor F. On his own authority, however, we are enabled to say that his name originally stood thus: “Philipp Bliss.” Early in life he separated the final p from his Christian name, constituted it a capital P, and thus produced "P. Bliss." This is found on the title-pages of his collections. Elias Nason, Boston, U.S., Lathrop & Co., 1877. Many anecdotes concerning hymns of this class are given in American Evangelists an Account of their work in England and America, by the Rev. Their popularity is far beyond their literary merits, and is mainly due to the simple melodies to which they are wedded.
In his Gospel Songs, Cincinnati, 1874, however, he lays claim to the music only. Two hymns," I am so glad that our Father in heaven," and "Sowing the seed by the daylight fair," (sometimes given as "Sowing our seed in the morning fair") are usually attributed to Mr.