Jesus loves me, this I know

I love this is use to sing this in fifth grade and forth

Edward Clark if you have another nightmare say in the name of Jesus I command you to leave it work for me I became so happy

Yes Jesus loves me. Glory Hallelujah to our King.

This simple yet profound truth is certainly worth singing 🎶🎵🎼🎤about. Praise be to GOD.

Very nice 😊

This hymn has influenced children for Christ more than any other. Written by Anna Bartlett Warner in 1860. Miss Warner wrote this text along with her sister Susan as part of one of the best-selling novels of the day titled “Seal and Say” which Susana authored. The novel is not well remembered but the poem by one of the characters Mrs. Linden as she comforts Johnny Fax who is dying has become a favorite around the world.

Anna and Susan were highly educated and deeply devoted Christian young women who lived all of their lives along the Hudson River in New York. Their home was located near West Point Academy and for a number of years they gave Sunday School classes to young cadets.

After the death of their father, a well known New York lawyer, the Warner sisters were left with a meager inheritance so they turned to literary writing. Susan became known for several of her works including the book, “The Wide, Wide World, ” considered to be a bestseller of its time after “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. Anna, though not as well known as Susan, wrote a number of novels under the pseudonym “Amy Lothrop” and published two collections of verse, “Hymns of the Church Militant, ” 1858, and “Wayfaring Hymns, ” 1869.

“Jesus Loves Me” soon became popular and spread to other countries. Many stories by missionaries of the universal appeal this hymn had with children in every culture. It has been reported that it was appropriated by other religious sects.

Dr. William B. Bradbury, the composer of the music for this text, was the contributor of the early gospel hymnody of this country. He was born in York, Maine, on October 6, 1816. When he was young he moved to Boston, where he became associated with Lowell Mason, called the father of American public school and church music. Bradbury served as choir director and organist in several Baptist Churches in the East, where became well-known for his work with children. One of the highlights of his career were his annual Music Festivals, where more than a thousand children would gather, all dressed alike, and sing many of the songs he composed. Soon after Bradbury began to teach, write and publish volumes of music. He composed the music for “Jesus Loves Me” in 1861 especially for Anna Warner’s text and personally added the chorus to the four stanzas. It appeared in its present form in 1862 in his hymnal publication, “The Golden Shower. ”

Other hymns by William Bradbury include “He Leadeth Me, ” “Just As I Am, ” and “Sweet Hour of Prayer. ”

Never heard the second verse. I am playing this song with the ukulele and I was upset to see that there is no ukulele.

Just had the terrible nightmare couldn't get out of it the force was to powerful. Then I sang this song and it vanished.

As I just tucked my children in bed, feeling overwhelmed by my current circumstances, sobbing like a child quietly. My son calls me and asks me to sing him this song. He asked before singing if I can switch the lights on so he can see my eyes (i ingored the second request ) I sang for him. I stopped crying and gained a bit of strength

Never heard that 2nd verse singing it 60 years.