Scripture Verse

I will sing praises unto Thy name. 2 Samuel 22:50

Introduction

Words: Min­na Foote, 1903. Ap­peared in The Voice of Praise, ed­it­ed by J. Lin­coln Hall, Aus­tin Miles & Ir­vin H. Mack (Phi­la­del­phia: Hall-Mack, 1904), num­ber 221.

Music: C. Aus­tin Miles, alt. (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

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C. Austin Miles (1868–1946)

Lyrics

Bright gleams of sun­shine fill val­leys fair,
Glad songs of joy are heard ev­ery­where;
All na­ture seems re­joic­ing to say,
O wel­come, Child­ren’s Day.

Refrain

Our voic­es raise in notes of praise,
With bright song ring­ing, our trib­ute bring­ing,
To Christ our king, whose love we sing,
We’ll praise Him ev­er for the Child­ren’s Day.

O wel­come, wel­come, bright, gold­en hours,
With song of birds and per­fume of flow­ers,
Our hearts and lives we joy­ful­ly bring
An of­fer­ing to our king.

Refrain

Our all we bring, our trib­ute of love,
To Christ our king now reign­ing above;
We’ll serve Him now and praise ev­er­more,
The One whom we ad­ore.

Refrain

O Je­sus, Sav­ior, Thee we adore;
We’ll praise Thy ho­ly name ev­er­more;
We’ll serve Thee ev­er, bring­ing to Thee
Our lives, Thine own to be.

Refrain