1 You have heard the blessed story of the children’s truest Friend,
He who took them in His arms while here below;
He has bro’t you many blessings, He has given you a home;
Hasten, tell it, letting other children know.
Refrain:
Let other children know,
Let other children know
About the blessed, loving Jesus;
Tell them of His tender love,
Of His home in heav’n above,
O let other children know about Jesus.
2 Tell them He was born in poverty, and in a manger lay;
How He came to earth because He loved us so;
How He went about and healed the sick, the deaf, the blind, the lame;
Hasten, tell it, letting other children know. [Refrain]
3 Tell them how He suffered on the cross in shame for you and me,
All to save our souls from sin and endless woe;
How He died but rose again to be our best and dearest friend;
Hasten, tell it, letting other children know. [Refrain]
Source: Full Gospel Songs #226
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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