Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, Once became a child like me

Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, Once became a child like me

Author: Jane Taylor
Published in 59 hymnals

Author: Jane Taylor

Taylor, Jane, the younger of two sisters, was born at London, Sept. 23, 1783. Her gift in writing verse displayed itself at an early age. Her first piece was printed in the Minor's Pocket Book for 1804. Her publications included Display, a tale, 1815; Essays in Rhymes, 1816; and the posthumous work edited by her brother, entitled The Contributions of Q. Q., 1824, being pieces in prose and verse from the Youth's Magazine, to which she had contributed under the signature of "Q. Q." She died at Ongar, Essex, April 13, 1824. Her Memoir and Poetical Remains, were published by her father in 1825. The joint productions of the two sisters, Ann Taylor Gilbert & Jane Taylor, were:-- (1) Original Poems, 1805; (2) Hymns for the Nursery, 1806; (3) Hym… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, Once became a child like me
Author: Jane Taylor
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour. Jane Taylor. [Christ, the Children's Example.] Published in Hymns for Infant Minds, by Anne and Jane Taylor, 1810, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed, "The Example of Christ" (edition 1886, p. 99). It has attained to great popularity, and is in extensive use in Great Britain and America. In some American Hymns, including Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855, lines 3, 4 of stanza ii.—

"But the Lord was meek and lowly,
Pure and spotless, free from sin,"

is added as a refrain to each stanza, with line 4 as "And was never known to sin." This reading of this line is repeated in some English collections, including Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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VESPER HYMN (Bortnianski)

VESPER HYMN appeared in John A. Stevenson's Selection of Popular National Airs (1818) as a setting for Thomas Moore's "Hark! The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing." A footnote in that hymnal explained that Stevenson had added what is-now the first line of the retrain to a "Russian Air." Some later hymnals att…

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A Liturgy and Hymns for Church Sunday Schools #151

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #469

A Selection of Hymns for the Use of Church of England Sunday Schools, Bible Classes ... New ed. #d148

Boston Sunday School Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d74

Children's Hymnal #101

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d465

Hymn Service No.2 #d45

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Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #175

Hymnal for children #d118

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Hymnal with Music for Children #23

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Hymnal with Music for Children #23

Hymns and Poetry for the Young #d58

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1188

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Hymns for First-Day Schools #96

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Hymns for First-Day Schools (Rev. and Enl.) #96

Hymns for Infant Minds #d18

Hymns for Infant Minds. Armstrong's 2nd ed. #d23

Hymns for Schools and Families #d249

Hymns for Schools and Families #d78

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Hymns for Schools and Families #35

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #387

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #92

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #27

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #258

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #258

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d205

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d122

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d114

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Little Sacred Songs #111

Liturgy and Hymns for Sunday Schools #d74

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New Union Hymns #108

Oriola #d121

Oriola #d121

Our Best Endeavor #d76

Parish Hymns #527

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Plymouth Collection #a1364

Sabbath School Choir #d43

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Songs of Praise #271

Sunday School Hymn Book #d72

Sunday School Melodies No. 1 #d8

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The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #60

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1364

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d193

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The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book #61

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The Child's Hymn Book #67

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The Children's Hymn Book #220a

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The Children's Hymn Book #220b

The Christian Psalmist #d345

The Home and School Hymnal #390

The Millennial Harp #d211

The Millennial Harp #d108

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The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #185

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d137

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The Sabbath School Lute #190

The Sunday School Melodist #d48

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The Voice of melody #153

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Waters' Choral Harp #15

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #129

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