There's a Friend for Little Children

There's a Friend for Little Children
Albert Midlane
Genre	Hymn
Written	1859
Text	Albert Midlane
Based on	Mark 10:14-16
Meter	7.6.7.6 D
Melody	"In Memoriam", Sir John Stainer

Sir John Stainer

"There's a Friend for Little Children" is a hymn written by Albert Midlane. It was written on the evening of 7 February 1859, and was known as "Above the Bright Blue Sky" before it was published. It first appeared in a book entitled Good News for the Little Ones in December 1859. The original verses were arranged differently, and its tune "In Memoriam" was composed in 1868 by Sir John Stainer during a committee meeting for the 1875 version of Hymns Ancient and Modern.

References

• Mable, Norman (2007). Popular Hymns and Their Writers. Read Books. p. 134. ISBN 1-4067-4577-4.