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My Father’s is rich in houses and lands, He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands! Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold, His coffers are full, He has riches untold.

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I’m a child of the King, a child of the King: with Jesus my Savior, I’m a child of the King.

My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men, once wandered on earth as the poorest of them; but now He is pleading our pardon on high, that we may be His when He comes by and by.

I once was an outcast stranger on earth, a sinner by choice, and an alien by birth, but I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down, an heir to a mansion, a robe, and a crown.

Harriet “Hattie” Eugenia Peck Buell was born on November 2, 1834, in Cazenovia, New York. The names of her parents are not listed. She was known for her poetic contributions to the "Northern Christian Advocate", based out of Syracuse, NY. She married Willard B. Buell, they had 2 children, no names mentioned. One day, while walking home with her family, she was thinking about what she had heard from the preacher and based her most well-known hymn, “A Child of the King”, off his sermon from Romans 8:16-17.  The hymn was published in the February 1877 issue of the “Northern Christian Advocate”. She and her family lived in Manlius, NY until 1898. In 1905, Willard passed away and she was deeply affected by his passing. She passed away on February 6, 1910, at the age of 75. She is buried in Rock Creek Park Cemetery.