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"The Gospel Train (Get on Board)" is a traditional African-American spiritual first published in 1872 as one of the songs of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. [2] A standard Gospel song, it is found in the hymnals of many Protestant denominations and has been recorded by numerous artists. The first verse, including the chorus is as follows:
Jesus teaching the children, outside Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Draper, Utah. A Christian child's prayer is Christian prayer recited primarily by children that is typically short, rhyming, or has a memorable tune. It is usually said before bedtime, to give thanks for a meal, or as a nursery rhyme.
The lyrics also show a trend toward those more commonly associated with "Children, Go Where I Send Thee." For instance, the line "Two, two, the lily-white boys clothed all in green" in Grainger's recording has become "One was the little white babe all dressed in blue" in the Bellwood Prison Camp recording.
McCune, Adam. "How Doth the Little Crocodile: Moralistic Poetry and Predation in Dickens and Carroll". MA thesis. University of Virginia, 2011. Shaw, John MacKay. "Poetry for Children of Two Centuries". Research about nineteenth-century children and books. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois, 1980. 133-142. Stone, Wilbur Macey.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. ( Matthew 18:1–10 ) The word translated as converted in the King James Version [ 1 ] ( Greek : στράφητε , straphēte ) literally means 'turn'.
"Little Children" reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1964, [1] and No. 7 in the US Hot 100 singles chart later the same year. [3] The B-side of "Little Children" in the U.S., "Bad to Me" (which had previously been an A-side in the UK and which made No. 1 there in August 1963) peaked at No. 9 on the US charts simultaneously to the success of "Little Children".
The work's alternative title, "Suffer the little children to come unto me" is based on a passage from the gospel of Matthew in which Jesus was instructing his disciples through the example of children. The painting is part of the artist's body of religious work, which is less well-known than her depictions of strong women. [1]
Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" during his fifth and final recording session for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia on April 20, 1930. Accompanying Johnson on vocal and guitar is Willie B. Harris (sometimes identified as his first wife), who sings the response parts of the song.