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Jesus Bids Us Shine
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"Jesus Bids Us Shine" is a children's hymn with words by Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885) and music by Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921). It was first published in the children's magazine The Little Corporal in 1868. Actor Leo McKern was heard singing the famous last line "You in your small corner, And I in mine" in the comedic film Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968).
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Jesus Bids Us Shine | |
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by Susan Warner | |
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Genre | Hymn |
Written | 1868 |
Based on | Psalm 145 |
Meter | 10.11.9.10 |
Melody | by E. O. Excell |
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