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7166 | The Cyber Hymnal#7167 | 7168 |
Text: | We Are But a Band of Children |
Author: | Mary Irene McLean |
Tune: | [We are but a band of children] |
Composer: | A. F. Myers |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. We are but a band of children,
We are few, and weak and small,
But we want to work for Jesus,
And there’s work enough for all.
Refrain
We are a missionary band,
Missionary band, missionary band;
We are a missionary band,
Doing all we can.
2. There are many little children,
Far away across the sea,
Who have never heard of Jesus,
But to idols bend the knee. [Refrain]
3. So we want to send them teachers,
Who will teach them how to pray,
To the dear and loving Savior,
Who will wash their sins away. [Refrain]
4. It was Jesus died to save them,
’Twas for this to earth He came;
He will make them pure and happy,
When they learn to love His name. [Refrain]
5. ’Tis the Bible that will lead them
From the darkness into light,
And we all are glad to help them
Break away from heathen night. [Refrain]
6. Cheerfully we give our pennies,
And we like to give and plan,
For we are young missionaries,
Doing all the good we can. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We are but a band of children |
Title: | We Are But a Band of Children |
Author: | Mary Irene McLean (1897) |
Refrain First Line: | We are a missionary band |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Seed Sower, a Collection of Songs for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings, edited by A. F. Myers (Toledo, Ohio: The W. W. Whitney Company, 1897) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [We are but a band of children] |
Composer: | A. F. Myers |
Incipit: | 55556 55117 72211 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
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