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
All the Way My Savior Leads Me led me all the way;<br> This my song through endless ages—<br> Jesus led me all the way Jesus led me all the way. All the Way My Savior Leads Me "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" is a Christian hymn with lyrics written in 1875 by Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915) to a tune written by the Baptist minister Dr. Robert Lowry. In her autobiography, Crosby wrote that this was her first hymn to be set to music by Lowry. The hymn was first published in "Brightest and best : a choice collection of new songs, duets, choruses, invocation and