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[Father, bless this willing offering]

Appears in 3 hymnals Tune Sources: Folk Song Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12332 21134 55443 Used With Text: Willing Offerings

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Day has come and birds are singing Topics: Songs Suitable for Kindergarten; Songs Suitable for Primary; Opening of Service; Kindness; Service; Truth; Morning; Nature; Summer Used With Tune: [Day has come and birds are singing]

In the Pleasant Sunny Meadows

Appears in 15 hymnals Used With Tune: [In the pleasant sunny meadows]

Willing Offerings

Author: Tessie Smith Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Father, bless this willing offering Lyrics: 1 Father, bless this willing offering We have brought to you today. Help us always to remember To bring gifts to you, we pray. 2 Father, we would be your helpers. There are many things to do; And we know they make you happy, So they make us happy, too. Topics: Songs Suitable for Kindergarten; Songs Suitable for Primary; Offerings; Offeringes; Service Used With Tune: [Father, bless this willing offering]

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Day Has Come

Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Children's Hymnal #20 (1957) First Line: Day has come and birds are singing Topics: Songs Suitable for Kindergarten; Songs Suitable for Primary; Opening of Service; Kindness; Service; Truth; Morning; Nature; Summer Languages: English Tune Title: [Day has come and birds are singing]

Willing Offerings

Author: Tessie Smith Hymnal: Children's Hymnal #124 (1957) First Line: Father, bless this willing offering Lyrics: 1 Father, bless this willing offering We have brought to you today. Help us always to remember To bring gifts to you, we pray. 2 Father, we would be your helpers. There are many things to do; And we know they make you happy, So they make us happy, too. Topics: Songs Suitable for Kindergarten; Songs Suitable for Primary; Offerings; Offeringes; Service Languages: English Tune Title: [Father, bless this willing offering]

In the Pleasant Sunny Meadows

Hymnal: Childhood Songs #91b (1898) Languages: English Tune Title: [In the pleasant sunny meadows]

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Nancy Byrd Turner

1880 - 1971 Author of "Day Has Come" in Children's Hymnal 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.