Scripture Verse

God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Introduction

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William F. Sherwin (1826–1888)

Words: Ma­ry Fea­ry, in The Shin­ing Star, ed­it­ed by Theo­dore E. Per­kins (New York: F. J. Hunt­ing­ton, 1863), num­ber 13.

Music: Will­iam F. Sher­win (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Fea­ry (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Have you ev­er heard the sto­ry
That the Ho­ly Fa­ther tells,
To His an­gels there in glo­ry,
Of His child­ren, loved so well?

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O, be glad, ye child­ren,
Blessèd lit­tle child­ren,
Yes, be glad, ye child­ren,
For Je­sus loves you well.

All the an­gels cease their sing­ing,
While they hear the Fa­ther tell
Of His dar­ling Son so will­ing
To re­deem the souls that fell.

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Then the hap­py an­gels wing­ing
Bright their way thro’ realms above,
Listened to the child­ren, sing­ing,
Of the dear Re­deem­er’s love.

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Back they flew to thrones all shin­ing,
And from gold­en harp strings rang
Sweetest mu­sic, ev­er shin­ing,
With the song the child­ren sang.

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