Hymns We Love, for Sunday Schools and All Devotional Meetings ‎#225

225. Children’s Day Has Come

1 Sunshine on the hilltops,
Glory everywhere;
Breath of fragrant flowers
Scenting all the air.
Orchard laden blossoms,
Apple, peach and plum
From the full trees drifting,
Children’s Day has come.

Refrain:
Lift, O lift your happy voices,
Why, O why should we be dumb?
Nature in God’s love rejoices,
Children’s Day has come.
Lift, O lift your happy voices,
Why, O why should we be dumb?
Nature in God’s love rejoices,
Children’s Day has come.

2 Brooklets in the woodlands,
Song birds in the grove,
With glad hearts o’erflowing,
Singing, “God is love!”
In the crimson clover,
Hear the brown bees hum;
Winter’s reign is over,
Children’s Day has come. [Refrain]

3 All God’s wondrous goodness
Plains and vales display,
And to us are saying
“Praise Him and obey.”
Cease, O cease repining,
Let no face be glum;
See the sunbeams shining,
Children’s Day has come. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Sunshine on the hilltops
• Title: Children’s Day Has Come
• Author: James L. Elderdice
• Refrain First Line: Lift, O lift your happy voices
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1907

Tune Information

• Name: [Sunshine on the hilltops]
• Composer: Adam Geibel