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[Jesus when He left the sky] (Holsinger)

[Jesus when He left the sky] (Holsinger)

Composer: George Blackburn Holsinger, 1857-1908
Published in 37 hymnals


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Composer: George Blackburn Holsinger, 1857-1908

Used pseudonym H. B. Groengils *************** Born: May 10, 1857, St. Clair Town­ship, Bed­ford Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia. Died: No­vem­ber 22, 1908, As­tor­ia, Il­li­nois. Holsinger was mu­sic di­rect­or of Bridge­wa­ter Coll­ege, Vir­ginia (1882-98), and mu­sic ed­it­or for the Church of the Breth­ren (1898-1908). His works in­clude: Song Prais­es (Elgin, Il­li­nois: Breth­ren Pub­lish­ing House, 1906) Psalms and Hymns (as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or) Lyrics-- I Lift My Heart To­day in Praise Little Ones Like Me Not Far from the King­dom of Hea­ven Our Coun­try’s Needs Are Plead­ing Music-- BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND I’LL COUNT MY BLESSINGS © The Cyber… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Jesus when He left the sky] (Holsinger)
Composer: George Blackburn Holsinger, 1857-1908
Incipit: 33314 32212 12313
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

Little Ones Like Me

Jesus, when He left the sky,
And for sinners came to die,
In His mercy passed not by
Little ones like me.

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3801
Text: Little Ones Like Me
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The Cyber Hymnal #3801

The Cyber Hymnal #3801
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