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 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED

Friend for little children. &quot; I knew something of a sailor s life, and the experiences that probably lay between him and the days when he repeated &quot; Hymns for the Young,&quot; but for him all that intervened had been swept away. The Qucerfs Poor*

Hymn 872. One there is above all others.

MARIANNE NUNN.

Miss Nunn was born at Colchester in 1778, and died in 1847. This hymn was written to adapt John Newton s

One there is above all others Well deserves the name of friend,

to a Welsh air, and was first published in her brother, the Rev. John Nunn s, Psalms and Hymns from the most approved Authors, 1817. Mr. Nunn was Rector of Thorndon, Suffolk.

Hymn 873. Every morning the red sun. CECIL F. ALEXANDER (182).

Hymns for Little Children, 1848, based on The life everlasting, Apostles Creed.

Hymn 874. I sing the almighty power of God.

ISAAC WATTS, D.D. (3).

Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children, 1715. It is Song 2, Praise for Creation and Providence. Verses 6 and 7 are omitted.

This hymn is one of the happiest attempts to explain the world to children. Huxley would have called it, A panoramic view of nature accompanied by a strong infusion of mind.

Hymn 875. All things bright and beautiful. CECIL F. ALEXANDER (182).

Hymns for Little Children, 1848, based on Maker of heaven and earth, in the Apostles Creed, and the verse God saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good.

The third and fifth verses of the original are omitted.

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