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[I would be a Christmas bell]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 55345 66544 22531 Used With Text: I would be

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I would be a Christmas bell Refrain First Line: Happy and bright as the songs we sing Used With Tune: [I would be a Christmas bell]

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I Would Be

Author: Priscilla Jane Owens Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14133 First Line: I would be a Christmas bell Refrain First Line: Happy and bright as the songs we sing Lyrics: 1 I would be a Christmas bell, Ringing, ringing for Jesus; All around, good news to tell, Ringing, ringing for Jesus. Refrain: Happy and bright as the songs we sing, Full of delight as the bells that ring— Glory to God in the highest, we sing, Glory, glory to Jesus! 2 I would be a Christmas song, Telling, telling of Jesus; I would carol loud and long, Telling, telling of Jesus. [Refrain] 3 I would be a Christmas star, Guiding, guiding to Jesus; Leading wanderers from afar, Guiding, guiding to Jesus. [Refrain] 4 I a Christmas gift would be, Given, given to Jesus; For the love He bears for me, Given, given to Jesus. [Refrain] 5 Children glad His love may tell, Singing, singing for Jesus; Holy children serve Him well Singing, singing for Jesus. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I would be a Christmas bell]

I would be

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: Infant Praises #8 (1887) First Line: I would be a Christmas bell Refrain First Line: Happy and bright as the songs we sing Languages: English Tune Title: [I would be a Christmas bell]

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Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Author of "I Would Be" in The Cyber Hymnal Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: William James Kirkpatrick Composer of "[I would be a Christmas bell]" in The Cyber Hymnal William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman