Many of the old hymnals have sections with songs especially for children, and though they may sound a little sweet to our ears, why shouldn’t children enjoy what’s sweet? The bitter will come all too soon. So thought one of the most prolific of hymn-writers in the Victorian age, Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, to whom we owe the wonderful carol “Once in…
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