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Suffer Little Children

Author: J. H. Fillmore

James Henry Fillmore USA 1849-1936. Born at Cincinnati, OH, he helped support his family by running his father's singing school. He married Annie Eliza McKrell in 1880, and they had five children. After his father's death he and his brothers, Charles and Frederick, founded the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, specializing in publishing religious music. He was also an author, composer, and editor of music, composing hymn tunes, anthems, and cantatas, as well as publishing 20+ Christian songbooks and hymnals. He issued a monthly periodical “The music messsenger”, typically putting in his own hymns before publishing them in hymnbooks. Jessie Brown Pounds, also a hymnist, contributed song lyrics to the Fillmore Music Hous… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Suffer little children, Jesus said
Title: Suffer Little Children
Author: J. H. Fillmore
Language: English
Refrain First Line: In my heavenly kingdom
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

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Heart Songs #123

Heart Songs #123
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Songs of Rejoicing #13

Songs of Rejoicing #13
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Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #55

Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #55
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