Scripture Verse

Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20

Introduction

Words: Vir­gin­ia J. Kent, in In­fant Prais­es, ed­it­ed by John R. Swe­ney & Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1887), page 6.

Music: Di­as Ridge Liz­zie Ed­mon­ston, 1887 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get good a pho­to of Kent or Ed­mon­ston (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

illustration
Pie Town, New Mexico
Russell Lee, 1940

Dear Fa­ther, we Thy little ones
Assemble here today
To hear of Je­sus’ love to us,
And learn to praise and pray;
O, help me and my schoolmates dear
Remember that the Lord is here;
O, help me and my schoolmates dear
Remember that the Lord is here.