WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DEAREST CHILDREN, GOD IS NEAR YOU
(Mormon hymn written and composed in St. George)
THE MUSIC
Score for Dearest Children, God Is Near YouPage 96 in the Mormon Hymnbook
Dearest Children, God Is Near You
Sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on YouTube
HISTORY
The words to this hymn were written by Charles Lowell Walker and the music was by John Menzies Macfarlane.It was first published as a "Sunday School Hymn" in the Juvenile Instructor on August 15, 1877.
PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
Sunday School HymnJuvenile Instructor, August 15, 1877
Charles Lowell Walker: Dearest Children
by Amy Tanner Thiriot, September 9, 2014