Musical Notes

Hello OCBC family.

 Today I want to share about Anna Warner and her sister Susan.  Probably you don’t know these names, but you will; they grew up near West Point Military Academy in 1800’s.  They became known for leading Sunday school services for the young men there.  After their father passed away, they supported themselves with their various literary endeavors.  Susan became known as a best-selling novelist.  Anna also wrote novels and published two collections of poems.  She wrote a simple hymn in 1860 to be included in one of her sister’s novels.  In the story, it was a poem of comfort spoken to a dying child.  This hymn is “Jesus Loves Me.”

Today millions of voices around the world sing these words: “Yes, Jesus loves me!”  Once, when asked to summarize the essential truths of the Christian faith, the great Swiss theologian Karl Berth gave this simple answer: “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”

1. Jesus loves me! This I know,
   For the Bible tells me so;
   Little ones to Him belong;
   They are weak, but He is strong.
• Refrain:
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  Yes, Jesus loves me!
  The Bible tells me so.
2. Jesus loves me! This I know,
   As He loved so long ago,
   Taking children on His knee,
   Saying, “Let them come to Me.”
3. Jesus loves me still today,
   Walking with me on my way,
   Wanting as a friend to give
   Light and love to all who live.
4. Jesus loves me! He who died
   Heaven’s gate to open wide;
   He will wash away my sin,
   Let His little child come in.
5. Jesus loves me! He will stay
   Close beside me all the way;
   Thou hast bled and died for me,
   I will henceforth live for Thee.

In His service.

Israel.