Scripture Verse

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. Proverbs 16:23

Introduction

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Victor H. Benke (1872–1904)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Gems of Song, ed­it­ed by Ira D. San­key & Hu­bert P. Main (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1901), num­ber 133.

Music: Cen­tral Park Vic­tor H. Ben­ke (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Lyrics

Our Sunday school, our Sunday school
Is like a garden fair,
Where buds of promise grow and thrive
Beneath our Sav­ior’s care.

Refrain

And while within these happy walls
We gather now to pray,
Be this the bur­den of our prayer:
God bless our school today.

To Je­sus let us give our hearts,
In childhood’s early spring,
And then, with true be­liev­ing faith,
We all His love may sing.

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To Je­sus let us give our lives,
And serve Him with delight,
Before the summer days are gone,
And autumn takes its flight.

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God bless our school from year to year,
And crown it with His love,
Till, one by one, He calls us home,
To dwell with Him above.

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