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Jesus Help Us (Hymn for Close of Lesson)

Representative Text

1 Jesus, help us to remember
This sweet lesson from thy Word;
Write upon our hearts forever
Truths that we this day have heard.

2 Keep us, blessed Saviour, keep us,
Lest we wander from thy way;
Teach us, Holy Spirit, teach us
How to watch and how to pray.

3 All the week be near to bless us,
Bring us to thy house again;
Lord be with us, guard us, guide us,
For our Saviour's sake. Amen.

Source: Bible Study Songs: for junior societies, junior and primary Sunday schools #46a

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Author: Julia H. Johnston

Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Jesus, help us to remember
Title: Jesus Help Us (Hymn for Close of Lesson)
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Source: "Bible Lesson Song Roll," From
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

CONVERSE (Converse)

CONVERSE (also "Erie", named for the city in Pennsylvania where the composer lived for many years) was written in 1868 and published two years later in his Silver Wings under the pseudonym Karl Reden. The tune has also been called "Friendship." –Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship

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Instances

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Bible Study Songs #46a

Bible Study Songs #46a

Salvation Songs for Children, No. 2 #40

Salvation Songs for Children, No. 2 #40
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