Scripture Verse

Show me Thy ways, O Lord; teach me Thy paths. Psalm 25:4

Introduction

Words: James R. Smith, in Joy­ful Sound, ed­it­ed by John Swe­ney & Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1889), page 120.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Our Sun­day school, how sweet, how dear,
To meet and learn of Je­sus here;
To read His word, whose ev­ery line
Is full of hope and joy di­vine.

Refrain

Our bless­èd Sun­day school,
Our bright and hap­py home,
Within thy peace­ful dome
We love, we love to come;
Our thoughts will cling to thee,
And still our pray­er will be,
That God may bless and keep
Our Sun­day school.

Our Sun­day school, where all may sing,
Glad songs of praise to God our king;
And youth­ful hearts may find the way
To per­fect peace and end­less day.

Refrain

Our school is like a gar­den fair,
Where plants are trained with ten­der care
To bloom for Him, the Lord of all,
Whose lov­ing smiles like sun­beams fall.

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Our Sun­day school, whose gold­en hours
From Eden bring re­fresh­ing show­ers,
In thee on earth we learn to live,
For thee our thanks to God we give.

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