Come, Praise Your Lord and Savior › Representative Texts

1 Come, praise your Lord and Saviour
In songs of holy mirth!
Give thanks to Him, O children,
Who lived a child on earth!
He loved the little children
And called them to His side;
His loving arms embraced them,
And for their sakes He died.

2 O Jesus, we would praise Thee
With songs of holy joy;
For Thou on earth didst sojourn,
A pure and spotless boy.
Make us like Thee, obedient,
Like Thee in God's own temple,
In lowly home, like Thee.

3 O Jesus, we too praise Thee,
The lowly maiden's Son;
In Thee all gentlest graces
Are gathered into one.
Oh, give that best adornment
That Christian maid can wear,
The meek and quiet spirit,
Which shone in Thee so fair!

4 O Lord, with voices blended
We sing our songs of praise;
Be Thou the light and pattern
Of all our childhood days.
And lead us ever onward,
That while we stay below,
We may, like Thee, O Jesus,
In grace and wisdom grow.

The Children's Hymnbook #28

1 Come, praise your Lord and Saviour
In strains of holy mirth;
Give thanks to him, O children,
Who lived a child on earth.
He loved the little children,
And called them to his side,
His loving arms embraced them,
And for their sake He died.

2 O Jesus, we would praise thee
With songs of holy joy,
For T\thou on earth didst sojourn
A pure and spotless boy.
Make us, like thee, obedient,
Like thee, from sin-stains free,
Like thee, in God's own temple,
In lowly home, like thee.

3 O Jesus, we too praise thee,
The lowly maiden's Son:
In thee all gentlest graces
Are gathered into one:
Oh! give that best adornment
That Christian maid can wear,
The meek and quiet spirit
Which shone in thee so fair.

4 O Lord, with voices blended
We sing our songs of praise:
Be thou the light and pattern
Of all our childhood's days;
And lead us ever onward,
That, while we stay below,
We may, like thee, O Jesus,
In grace and wisdom grow.

Amen.

The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #6

1. Come, praise your Lord and Saviour
In strains of holy mirth!
Give thanks to Him, O children,
Who lived a child on earth!
He loved the little children
And called them to His side;
His loving arms embraced them,
And for their sake He died.

2. O Jesus, we would praise Thee
With songs of holy joy;
For Thou on earth didst sojourn,
A pure and spotless boy.
Make us like Thee, obedient,
Like Thee from sin-stains free,
Like Thee in God's own temple,
In lowly home, like Thee.

3. O Jesus, we too praise Thee,
The lowly maiden's son:
In Thee all gentlest graces
Are gathered into one.
Oh, give that best adornment
That Christian maid can wear,
The meek and quiet spirit,
Which shone in Thee so fair!

4. O Lord, with voices lifted
We sing our songs of praise;
Be Thou the light and pattern
Of all our childhood days;
And lead us ever onward,
That while we stay below,
We may, like Thee, O Jesus,
In grace and wisdom grow.

Amen.

The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #533

1 Come praise your Lord and Saviour,
In strains of holy mirth:
Give thanks to Him, O children,
Who lived a Child on earth.
He loved the little children,
And called them to His side,
His loving Arms embraced them,
And for their sake He died.

2 O Jesus, we would praise Thee
With songs of holy joy,
For Thou on earth didst sojourn,
A pure and spotless Boy.
Make us like Thee, obedient,
Like Thee, from sin stains free,
Like Thee, in God's own temple,
In lowly home like Thee.

3 O Jesus, we too praise Thee,
The lowly Maiden's Son:
In Thee all gentlest graces
Are gathered into one.
Oh, give that best adornment,
That Christian maid can wear,
The meek and quiet spirit,
Which shone in Thee so fair.

4. O Lord, with voices blended
We sing our songs of praise:
Be Thou the Light and Pattern
Of all our childhood's days;
And lead us ever onward,
That, while we stay below,
We may, like Thee, O Jesus,
In grace and wisdom grow.

Amen.

Voices of Praise: for school and church and home #157