426. Praise Him! Praise Him!
Anonymous
A simple song, of unknown origin, which tiny tots love to sing. The truth the song enforces—“God is love”—is one the child will carry into adulthood and into eternity.
The tune is an arrangement by Hubert P. Main, 1839-1925, American composer of popular Sunday school and evangelistic music, and editor of many hymn books. For sixty years, Main was connected with the Bigelow and Main publishing house in Chicago, now out of business. His private library of song and hymn books, consisting of over 7,000 volumes, is one of the largest of its kind to be found anywhere. Nearly one-half of it is in the Chicago Public Library where it is known as the “Main Collection.” Among his most popular tunes are: “We shall Meet Beyond the River,” “The Bright Forever,” and “In the Fadeless Springtime.”