I Like to Think of Jesus

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I like to think of Jesus, So loving, kind, and true

Author: Elizabeth McEwen Shields (1935)
Tune: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius)
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	TWELVE TOCCATAS FOR ORGAN

Author: Elizabeth McEwen Shields

Shields, Elizabeth McEwen. (Camden, South Carolina, September 22, 1879--May 5, 1962, Asheville, North Carolina). She was named for her grandmother, Elizabeth McEwen of South Carolina. Director, Children's Work of the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education; Chair, children's section of what is now known as the National Council of Churches. Published many books for children, including Junior Hymns and Songs and Worship and Conduct Songs. --Tina Schneider, from information in the DNAH Archives, which includes correspondence from Elizabeth McEwen Shield's sister. Go to person page >

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First Line:	I like to think of Jesus, So loving, kind, and true
Title:	I Like to Think of Jesus
Author:	Elizabeth McEwen Shields (1935)
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1935
Copyright:	© 1935, by Presbyterian Board of Christian Education

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CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius)

Melchior Vulpius (PHH 397) composed this short chorale tune, published as a setting for the anonymous funeral hymn "Christus, der ist mein Leben" ("For Me to Live Is Jesus") in Vulpius's Ein Schön Geistlich Gesangbuch (1609). Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) based his Cantata 95 on this tune and provided two…

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