====== #750 - Jesus Loves Me ======
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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *++William Gardiner|{{search>"William Gardiner" @cobs}}++ (1770-1853), 1812
  *Also known as:
    *Belmont
    *O For a Heart to Praise My God
    *The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want
  *[[/data/media/midi/750.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=750&.gif?}}++
  *[[:incipit]]: 53217761555433211753
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 532176154321753
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  *See also:
    *[[..:63:]]

[[..:63:]] and [[..:750:]] are the same melody, although the accompaniment differs significantly.

//Belmont// and //Jesus Loves Me// were listed consecutively on the same page in a standard reference hymnbook of the era((Gospel Hymns Consolidated, Embracing Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4, Without Duplicates, for use in gospel meetings and other religious services -- 1883, Biglow & Main, and John Church & Co., page 383, Nos. 412 and 413)), with a score shown for //Belmont// but only words for //Jesus Loves Me//. Since no version of //Jesus Loves Me// is known to be associated with the //Belmont// tune, and since //Belmont// had already been offered on cob #63, it is likely that the wrong melody was pinned for this title. If so, it is unknown whether the mistake was ever corrected.

The traditional tune to //Jesus Loves Me// was written by ++William Batchelder Bradbury|{{search>"William Batchelder Bradbury" @cobs}}++ (1816-1868), 1862.