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When Jesus Was a Little Child
Author: Anon. Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: How glad I am, my Savior
When Jesus Was a Little Child
[When Jesus was a little child]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 51133 22617 76535 Used With Text: When Jesus was a Child
[When Jesus was a little child]
[When Jesus was a little child]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Irving Gingrich Used With Text: How glad I am, my Savior
[When Jesus was a little child]
When Jesus was a Child
Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Dew Drops #117 (1895) First Line: When Jesus was a little child Refrain First Line: How glad I am, my Saviour once Languages: English Tune Title: [When Jesus was a little child]
When Jesus was a Child
When Jesus Was a Little Child
Author: Anon. Hymnal: Junior Hymns #99 (1914) Refrain First Line: How glad I am, my Savior Languages: English
When Jesus Was a Little Child
How glad I am, my Savior
Hymnal: The Primary and Junior Hymnal #146 (1909) First Line: When Jesus was a little child Topics: The Love of Jesus Tune Title: [When Jesus was a little child]
How glad I am, my Savior
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "When Jesus Was a Little Child" in Junior Hymns In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
E. E. Hewitt
1851 - 1920 Author of "When Jesus was a Child" in Dew Drops Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
E. E. Hewitt
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[When Jesus was a little child]" in Dew Drops John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
