I'll Be a Sunbeam I'll Be a Sunbeam "I'll Be a Sunbeam" (also called "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam") is a popular children's Christian hymn composed by Nellie Talbot; it is sung to music composed in 1900 by Edwin O. Excell. Due to its age, the hymn has entered the public domain in the United States. Published in Chicago by Excell as hymn number 137 in his "Praises" in 1905, the words and music were anthologized at least three more times in other hymnals before 1923. Virtually nothing is known about lyricist Nellie Talbot; attempts to search census records suggest that she may
Finlandia hymn begins: The Christian hymn "We rest on Thee", written by Edith G. Cherry around 1895 is also commonly sung to the tune of "Finlandia". This hymn is also famous because it was the last hymn sung by the five missionaries involved in Operation Auca before their deaths and a line from the hymn's final verse provided the title for Elisabeth Elliot's book about that incident, "Through Gates of Splendor". The hymn's first verse is: The Christian hymn "A Christian Home", written by Barbara Hart, is found in many Protestant hymnbooks and is sung to the tune of Finlandia. Calvinist Churches