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Dear Jesus, hear me

Author: Mary Lundie Duncan Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Jesus, Savior, pity me, Hear me when I cry to thee

[Jesus, Saviour, pity me]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. F. Barton Incipit: 17156 71222 1765 Used With Text: Jesus, Saviour, Pity Me

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Dear Jesus, hear me

Hymnal: Songs for Little Folks #34a (1875) First Line: Jesus, Savior, pity me

Dear Jesus, hear me

Hymnal: Fresh Leaves for the use of Sabbath Schools #55a (1868) First Line: Jesus, Savior, pity me Languages: English

Jesus, Savior, pity me

Hymnal: The Child's Hymn Book #75 (1840)

1814 - 1840 Person Name: Mrs. Marie Lundie Duncan Author of "Jesus, Saviour, Pity Me" in Hymnal for Primary Classes Duncan, Mary, née Lundie, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lundie, Parish Minister of Kelso, and Mary Grey Lundie Duncan, was born at Kelso, April 26, 1814. On July 11, 1836, she was married to the William Wallace Duncan, the son of Rev. Henry Duncan, D.D., founder of the Savings Bank movement and minister in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. In the end of December, 1839, she took a chill, which resulted in a fever and died on Jan. 5, 1840. Her hymns, mostly written for her children between July and December, 1839, appeared, in 1841, in her Memoir, by her mother, and were issued separately, in 1842, as Rhymes for my Children, to the number of 23. The best known are, "Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me," and "My Saviour, be Thou near me." Dianne Shapiro, from John Julian "Dictionary of Hymnology" and email from Prof. Charles W. Munn (biographer of Henry Duncan)