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[Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear]
Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John R. Sweney Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 56535 65135 17246
[Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear]
Our Sunday School
Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear Refrain First Line: Our blessed Sunday-school Used With Tune: [Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear]
Our Sunday School
Unsere Sonntagschule
Author: E. C. Magaret; James R. Smith Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Sonntagschul', mir lieb und werth Refrain First Line: O teure Sonntagschul' Used With Tune: [O Sonntagschul', mir lieb und werth]
Unsere Sonntagschule
O Sonntagschule
Author: G. Weiler Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Sonntagschul', wie köstlich mir Refrain First Line: O teure Sonntagschul' Used With Tune: [O Sonntagschul', wie köstlich mir]
O Sonntagschule
Our Sunday School
Author: James R. Smith Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12713 First Line: Our Sunday school, how sweet, how dear Refrain First Line: Our blessed Sunday school Lyrics: 1 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 blessed 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.
2 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]
3 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. [Refrain]
4 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. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Our Sunday school, how sweet, how dear]
Our Sunday School
Our Sunday School
Author: James R. Smith Hymnal: Joyful Sound #120 (1889) First Line: Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear Refrain First Line: Our blessed Sunday-school Lyrics: 1 Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear
To meet and learn of Jesus here;
To read his word, whose ev’ry line
Is full of hope and joy divine.
Refrain:
Our blessed 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.
2 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]
3 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. [Refrain]
4 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. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear]
Our Sunday School
Our Sunday School
Hymnal: The Emory Hymnal No. 2 #109a (1891) First Line: Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear Refrain First Line: Our blessed Sunday-school Languages: English Tune Title: [Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear]
Our Sunday School
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Our Sunday-school, how sweet, how dear]" in Joyful Sound John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
E. C. Magaret
1845 - 1924 Author of "Unsere Sonntagschule" in Evangelisches Gesangbuch
E. C. Magaret
