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Children's Day
Author: John R. Clements Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We'll raise today sweet songs of joy Refrain First Line: 'Tis Children's Day, glad let us raise
Children's Day
[We’ll raise today sweet songs of joy]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. W. Beazley Incipit: 13313 55334 27512 Used With Text: Children’s Day
[We’ll raise today sweet songs of joy]
Children’s Day
Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Crowning Day No. 4 #241 (1900) First Line: We’ll raise today sweet songs of joy Refrain First Line: ‘Tis Children’s Day, glad let us raise Lyrics: 1 We’ll raise today sweet songs of joy,
With heart and voice in glad employ;
We’ll praise the Saviour, meek and mild,
Who lived on earth a little child.
Refrain:
‘Tis Children’s Day, glad let us raise
To Christ a heartfelt song of praise.
‘Tis Children’s Day, glad let us raise
To Christ a heartfelt song of praise.
2 We’d wish to walk as here He trod,
And only act as pleases God;
We’d show our love in ev’ry way,
In all we think, or do, or say. [Refrain]
3 We’d sing His love for ev’ry race,
We’d tell each how He “saves by grace;”
His name the burden of our song,
His love the theme we’d fain prolong. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [We’ll raise today sweet songs of joy]
Children’s Day
'Tis children's day
Author: John R. Clements Hymnal: Gleanings of Praise #d220 (1905) First Line: We'll raise today sweet songs of joy Languages: English
'Tis children's day
Samuel W. Beazley
1873 - 1944 Person Name: S. W. Beazley Composer of "[We’ll raise today sweet songs of joy]" in Crowning Day No. 4 Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992.
NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.gmahalloffame.org
Samuel W. Beazley
John R. Clements
1868 - 1946 Author of "Children's Day" John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
John R. Clements
