Light and Life ‎#38

38. Stand by the school

1 Let us work for the school with our hearts and our hands,
Let it never, no, never decline;
For its praises are sung by the good in all lands,
That are bless'd with the Gospel divine.

Chorus:
Rally, then, rally, then, stand by the school;
Why should it languish and die!
Rally, then, rally, then, stand by the school;
Why should it languish and die?

2 Now the sunshine of favor illumines its path,
And the Church spreads above it her wing;
'Tis a source of her weal, 'tis a source of her worth,
And a gem in the crown of her King. [Chorus]

3 There are thousands now singing and shining above,
There are thousands now toiling below,
Who were melted and won by Immanuel's love,
As they heard in the school, of his woe. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Let us work for the school with our hearts and our hands
• Title: Stand by the school
• Refrain First Line: Rally, then, rally then, stand by the school
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1881
• Notes: Now Public Domain. From "Happy Voices," by per.

Tune Information

• Name: [Let us work for the school with our hearts and our hands]
• Composer: Rev. A. A. Graley
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Public Domain.