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[Long ago, when little children]

Appears in 5 hymnals Incipit: 35156 11765 31332 Used With Text: Long Ago

Author: M. B. C. Slade Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: Long ago, when little children Refrain First Line: Love and blessing, love and blessing Used With Tune: [Long ago, when little children]

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Long ago

Hymnal: The Little Seraph #163a (1874) First Line: Long ago, when little children Lyrics: 1 Long ago, when little children Came the loving Lord to see, Just such little ones as we. Jesus bless'd them, Jesus lov'd them, Just such little ones as we. 2 While he on the earth was living, If he saw one meek and mild, Gentle, truthful, and forgiving, Well he lov'd that little child. 3 Though he died, he lives heaven, And his care enfolds us still, To us all his love is given When we do his holy will. Tune Title: [Long ago, when little children]

Long Ago

Author: M. B. C. Slade Hymnal: Little Sacred Songs #64 (1892) First Line: Long ago, when little children Refrain First Line: Love and blessing, love and blessing Languages: English Tune Title: [Long ago, when little children]

Long Ago

Hymnal: Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools #79 (1866) First Line: Long ago when little children Languages: English Tune Title: [Long ago when little children]

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M. B. C. Slade

1826 - 1882 Author of "Long Ago" in Little Sacred Songs Mary Bridges Canady Slade USA 1826-1882. Born in Fall River, MA, she was well-educated and became a minister's wife, teacher, and poet. She was assistant editor of The New England Journal of Education. She also authored hymns, Sunday school materials and books on education, primarily used for training teachers. She authored a children's magazine, “Wide-awake”. She and her husband were active in the underground railroad (helping slaves achieve their freedom). She spent her whole life living in the same town. John Perry

B. R. Hanby

1833 - 1867 Person Name: B. R. H. Composer of "[Long ago when little children]" in Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He? Mary Louise VanDyke