So I have this theory.
Everywhere I have ever been to church and listened to primary children singing, "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam," the children always shout the last syllable: "Jesus wants me for a sun-BEAM." The really hyperactive ones tend to hop out of their chairs too. I wondered how it could be that all the primary children across the country knew that they should do this. Sure, once it's established somewhere, the younger kids learn it from the older kids, and then there's no stopping it. It's too insidious, too addictive. But some kid had to be the first to do it.
I was even more surprised when I was in Spain on my mission and I learned that Spanish children knew how to do it: "Cristo me manda que bri-LLE."
Given the universality of this custom, there is only one explanation: there is a secret cabal of primary children that travels around the world and teaches this to other primary children.
So imagine my surprise when I sang the song with Tasman the other day. After singing just one verse, she was already shouting out "BEAM" throughout the chorus. Apparently, I couldn't even protect my daughter from the secretive Sunbeam Society before age two.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
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It all started when young men were sent forth among the nations of the world to spread the gospel and lay the foundations of the church in all lands. One of the key foundations was that they taught the primary children this secret and then as the church was established in said area the tradition was passed down as you said from older to younger among the many generations.
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