African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#583

583. We Are the Children of the Church (Our Fathers' Church)

1 We are the children of the church,
Our mothers reared by prayer,
The church our fathers fortified,
By faith and manly care.

Refrain:
Our fathers' church, our mothers' church,
Is just the church for me
Our fathers' church, our mothers' church,
Mine evermore shall be.

2 Strong are its massive gates and wide,
Its walls a-towering pile;
Alike impregnable to all
Who would its courts defile. [Refrain]

3 Numerous its people as the stars,
As pledged in days of old;
And will be as the countless sand,
A number yet untold. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: We are the children of the church
• Title: We Are the Children of the Church (Our Fathers' Church)
• Author: B. T. Tanner 1835-1815
• Refrain First Line: Our fathers' church, our mothers' church
• Meter: CM with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Psalm 103:13
• Topic: Occasional Services: Founder's Day; Church; Youth

Tune Information

• Name: OUR FATHER'S CHURCH
• Composer: L. J. Coppin, 1848-1924
• Meter: CM with Refrain
• Key: D Major