Anna Bartlett Warner

thumb| Anna Bartlett Warner (August 31, 1827 – January 22, 1915) was an American writer, the author of several books, and of poems set to music as hymns and religious songs for children. She was born on Long Island and died in Highland Falls, New York. Quotes Jesus loves me—this I know, For the Bible tells me so "The Love of Jesus", in Susan Warner's Say and Seal (1860), vol. 2, ch. 8 Often parodied: "I am Jesus's little lamb, / Yes, by Jesus Christ I am!" Then Jesus spoke: "Bring here thy burden,And find in me a full release;Bring all thy sorrows, all thy longings,And take instead my perfect peace.Trying to bear thy cross alone! —Child, the mistake is all thine own." Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 99. And now my cross is all supported, —Part on my Lord, and part on me;But as He is so much the stronger,He seems to bear it — I go free. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 169. External links Warner+Anna+Bartlett Anna Bartlett Warner Cyberhymnal page on Anna Warner Novelguid biographical sketch on Anna Warner Category:1827 births Category:1915 deaths Category:Poets from New York (state) Category:19th-century poets from the United States Category:Children's authors Category:Hymnwriters from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States