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366. We build our school on Thee, O Lord

We build our school on thee, O Lord,
To thee we bring our common need;
The loving heart, the helpful word,
The tender thought, the kindly deed.

333
We work together in thy sight,
We live together in thy love;
Guide thou our faltering steps aright,
And lift our thought to heaven above.

Hold thou each hand to keep it just,
Touch thou our lips and make them pure;
If thou art with us, Lord, we must
Be faithful friends and comrades sure.

We change, but thou art still the same,
The same good Master, Teacher, Friend;
We change; but, Lord, we bear thy Name,
To journey with it to the end.

Amen.

(Land of our birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be,
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race.)

Text Information
First Line: We build our school on Thee, O Lord
Author: Sebastian W. Meyer (1908)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Topic: School Life; Sunday Schools: Sunday Morning
Tune Information
Name: SEFTON
Composer: J. Baptiste Calkin (1872)
Meter: L.M.
Incipit: 33215 54317 65445
Key: E Major



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