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Jesus is tenderly calling, O suffer the children to come

Author: Kate Sumner Burr
Tune: [Jesus is tenderly calling] (Munger)
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Kate Sumner Burr

Born: September 24, 1842, Woodbridge, Michigan. Buried: Sunnyside Cemetery, Williamson, New York. Wife of Dr. Henry Newton Burr, Kate lived in Walworth, New York. She contributed several poems to the Independent and other journals. Sources: Findagrave, accessed 18 Nov 2016 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Jesus is tenderly calling, O suffer the children to come
Title:	Forbid Them Not
Author:	Kate Sumner Burr
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Then come, children, come and his blessing receive
Copyright:	Public Domain

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[Jesus is tenderly calling] (Munger)

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Timeline

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Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined: a new and choice collection of music for Sabbath schools, temperance, and social meetings (1882), p.30

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Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined #30

The Banner of Victory #16

White Robes for the Sunday School #47

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