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Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Hymns for Primary Worship First Line: Friends of Jesus must be kind Used With Tune: HORSHAM

HORSHAM

Appears in 22 hymnals Hymnal Title: Hymns for Primary Worship Tune Sources: English Traditional Melody Incipit: 33453 21335 55321 Used With Text: Friends of Jesus

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Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Hymns for Primary Worship #126 (1946) Hymnal Title: Hymns for Primary Worship First Line: Friends of Jesus must be kind Languages: English Tune Title: HORSHAM

Friends of Jesus must be kind

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Sing, Children, Sing #d14 (1939) Hymnal Title: Sing, Children, Sing

Friends of Jesus must be kind

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Songs for Primaries #d23 (1948) Hymnal Title: Songs for Primaries

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Nancy Byrd Turner

1880 - 1971 Hymnal Title: Hymns for Primary Worship Author of "Friends of Jesus" in Hymns for Primary Worship Turner, Nancy Byrd. Born in Boydton, Virginia, July 29, 1880, daughter of Byrd Thornton Turner and Nancy Addison (Harrison) Turner. Composed her first verse at three. First published verse at age of 8--a romantic ballad, "Ruth in the Dentist's Chair" (he fell in love). Her father was an Episcopal minister; they lived in about a dozen small towns or rural communities during her childhood. In 1916, she went to Boston and joined the staff of Youth's Companion. She wrote under many pen names, and published in several magazines. She won numerous awards, including the "Golden Rose" of the New England Poetry Society and the Lyric Associates award of 1951. --Letter from Turner Rose to Jean Woodward Steele, Westminster Press, 1 February 1974, DNAH Archives.