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Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know Words and Music by Merrill Dunlop The author says, “This melody was written as a lullaby a short time previous to the birth of our first baby. Mrs. Dunlop and I returned home from the Tabernacle quite late one rainy night after attend ing a baby shower given in her honor by a group of ladies. After bringing in the last armful of boxes from the car I sat down momentarily on the piano bench, my coat and hat still on, and ran my fingers almost aimlessly over the keys, half listening to her frequent exclamations of de light as each new box was unpacked. “In the presence of such an atmos phere came the thought of dedicating a lullaby to the coming little one. After a few minutes of experimenta tion, the melody and harmony of what is now the chorus to ‘Jesus Is the Sweetest Name’ had taken form. Then I wrote the following words: “ ‘Sleep my little baby, angels watch you through the night, In the Saviour’s tender care you slumber till the light; When the morning breaketh loving arms will fold you tight, So, sleep my little babe, good night.’ “The song was printed as a lullaby in time to send out with the cards announcing the birth of our baby boy. But before I retired that night I also wrote the sacred words to the melody, later adding the words and music of the three stanzas.” Dunlop is an accomplished pianist, organist, radio artist and composer. His well-known compositions include “My Sins Are Blotted Out, I Know,” which he composed in 1927 aboard the Leviathan enroute to Europe; as he watched the ship plow through the mighty swells, he thought of Micah’s prophecy, “Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea,” and the glorious thought inspired the song.
W illiam J. Schnell
former zone servant for J e h o v a h ’s Witnesses in Ohio and Pennsylvania
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