Text: | Children's Day |
Author: | Ida L. Reed |
Tune: | [Once more the children's Sabbath day] |
Composer: | Chas. Edw. Prior |
1 Once more the children’s Sabbath day
In beauty dawns o’er land and sea;
The earth appears in bright array,
While voices ring with music free;
Within God’s temple far and near,
O’er all the land, together meet
The children who to Christ are dear,
To sing His praise with voices sweet.
Refrain:
They come, they come with songs of love;
Their willing hands glad off’rings bring
Unto the Lord who reigns above,
And sweetly they His praises sing.
2 Melodious are the songs that rise
Today upon the balmy air;
Into the bright blue summer skies
Floats grandly up the chorus clear;
From every field and glen and hill
Ring out the wild bird’s merry lays;
Their melodies with gladness fill
Each heart upon this day of days. [Refrain]
3 O fair, sweet day! we welcome thee;
Thine hours are filled with joy and light,
With myriad blossoms, perfume free,
And glad young faces sweet and bright.
O may thy memory live for aye
Within each tender child-like heart,
The teachings of this gladsome day
From out their young lives ne’er depart! [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Once more the children's Sabbath day |
Title: | Children's Day |
Author: | Ida L. Reed |
Refrain First Line: | They come, they come with songs of love |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1891 |
Topic: | Anniversary and Children's Day |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Once more the children's Sabbath day] |
Composer: | Chas. Edw. Prior |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
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