It has been reported that it was appropriated by other religious sects.ĭr. Many stories by missionaries of the universal appeal this hymn had with children in every culture. “Jesus Loves Me” soon became popular and spread to other countries. 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.
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”. Their home was located near West Point Academy and for a number of years they gave Sunday School classes to young cadets.Īfter 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. Linden as she comforts Johnny Fax who is dying has become a favorite around the world.Īnna and Susan were highly educated and deeply devoted Christian young women who lived all of their lives along the Hudson River in New York. The novel is not well remembered but the poem by one of the characters Mrs. 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. This hymn has influenced children for Christ more than any other.
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