The Children's Friend

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Jesus is the children's Friend, Bless His holy name

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Jesus is the children's Friend] (Lillenas)
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Jesus is the children’s friend,
Bless His holy name;
And their cause He will defend,
O praise His holy name.

Refrain:
The children’s friend is He,
The children’s friend is He;
Their constant guide
Whate’er betide,
The children’s friend is He.

2 Jesus is the children’s friend,
Bless His holy name;
Many blessings He doth send,
O praise His holy name. [Refrain]

3 Jesus is the children’s friend,
Bless His holy name;
Praises to Him now ascend,
O praise His holy name. [Refrain]

4 Jesus is the children’s friend,
Bless His holy name;
Angel voices with ours blend,
To praise His only name. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #192

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Jesus is the children's Friend, Bless His holy name
Title:	The Children's Friend
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	The children's friend is He
Publication Date:	1918
Copyright:	Public Domain