Scripture Verse

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Exodus 20:8

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Roy­al Dia­dem, ed­it­ed by Ro­bert Low­ry & How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main, 1873), pag­e 11.This book in­di­cates the song was for the In­fant Class, and gives the lyr­icist as W. W., one of Fan­ny’s ma­ny pseu­do­nyms.

Music: W. How­ard Doane (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Howard Doane (1832–1915)

Lyrics

Little child­ren, one and all,
We have heard the Sav­ior call;
In our hearts we hear Him say,
“Keep the holy Sab­bath day.”

Refrain

In His word, we have heard
Why we ought to love and praise Him;
We can tell why the bell
Sweetly, sweet­ly, rings to­day.

Jesus came from Heav’n above,
Bringing par­don, peace and love;
He was slain by cru­el men,
But the Sav­ior lives again.

Refrain

From the grave He rose to­day;
This is why we meet to pray;
This is why we have to sing,
Glory to our Sav­ior King.

Refrain

Very grate­ful we should be
For His ten­der love so free;
Very sor­ry when we stray
From the pure and per­fect way.

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