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Can You Tell?

Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: Little schoolmates, can you tell Used With Tune: [Little schoolmates, can you tell]

[Little schoolmates, can you tell]

Appears in 38 hymnals Incipit: 53342 21234 55553 Used With Text: Can You Tell?

[Little schoolmates, can you tell]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. V. R. Ford Incipit: 34551 65333 54323 Used With Text: Can You Tell?

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"Little schoolmates, can you tell"

Hymnal: Linden Harp #145b (1855) First Line: Little schoolmates, can you tell Lyrics: Question. 1 Little schoolmates, can you tell Who has kept us safe and well Through the watches of the night, Brought us safe to see the light? Answer. Yes, it is our God does keep Little children while they sleep He has kept us safe from harm, Let us sleep so sweet and calm. Question. 2 Can you tell who gives us food, Clothes, and home, and parents good, Schoolmates dear, and teachers kind, Useful books, and active mind? Answer. Yes, our heavenly Father's care Gives us all we eat and wear; All our books, and all our friends, God, in kindness, to us sends. All. 3 O, then, let us thankful be For his mercies large and free; Every morning let us raise Our young voices in his praise. Worthy thou, our heavenly Lord, To be honor'd and adored: God of all-creating grace, Take the everlasting praise. Languages: English

Can You Tell?

Author: Anon. Hymnal: Melodies for Little People #110 (1891) First Line: Little schoolmates, can you tell Languages: English Tune Title: [Little schoolmates, can you tell]

Can You Tell?

Hymnal: The Standard Sunday School Hymnal #308 (1888) First Line: Little schoolmates, can you tell Languages: English Tune Title: [Little schoolmates, can you tell]

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Can You Tell?" in Melodies for Little People In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

S. V. R. Ford

1835 - 1910 Composer of "[Little schoolmates, can you tell]" in Melodies for Little People Born: 1835, Greenville, New York. Died: June 5, 1910, New York City. Son of Cyrus Earle and Amanda Hedden Ford, Stephen wrote several battle hymns during the American civil war which were sung by Union soldiers. He was a partner in a shirt and collar making company, Ide & Ford, in Troy, New York (1865-72). In his later years, he was known as an author, editor, composer and critic. He was living in Schenectady, New York, in 1908. His works include: Sunday-School Teaching (Hitchcock & Walden, 1868) Melodies for Little People (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1891) The King’s Birthday: A Carol Service for Christmas (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1893) The Stone Rolled Away: An Easter Missionary Service (Curts & Jennings, 1897) Recitations, Song and Story for Sunday and Day Schools, Primary and Intermediate Departments (Eaton & Mains, 1900) The Junior League Songster Bible Wonders and Aids to Bible Study (New York: Bible Wonders Company) Methodist Year Book, 1902 (editor) --www.hymntime.com/tch/