Composer: Richard D. Hall
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Richard Hall was born in Toronto, Canada in 1954. From an early age, he gravitated to music, and became proficient in voice and several different instruments, predominantly piano. In 1977, he graduated from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. That same year, he married Barbara Fee, who graduated in Commerce from the same class. Before graduation, Richard felt a call to Christian ministry, and so after graduation from Queen’s University, he attended Emmanuel College in Toronto, a seminary of The United Church of Canada. Three years later, he graduated with a Master of Divinity degree, and was ordained that same year into the ordered ministry of The United Church of Canada. Over his career, Rich…
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Jesus Came, a Child like MeJesus came, a child like me,
so the face of God I’d see,
God is not left far away,
God is with us every day.
[Refrain:]
Live, Jesus, near us,
live, Jesus, with us,
live, Jesus, in us,
come, live in us today.
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