Dear Lord, We Give Our Youth to Thee

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Dear Lord, we give our youth to Thee

Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer (1926)
Tune: GREEN HILL (Peace)
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 Dear Lord, we give our youth to thee
In answer to thy call,
And pray our hearts may loyal be
To love thee best of all.

2 Show us each day what we can do,
Where'er our paths may lead—
To dare the right, to seek the true,
To comfort those in need.

3 May friendly acts, fair play, and love
Bring cheer to all around,
To dare the right, to seek the true,
To comfort those in need.

4 We've heard the call, and take our stand,
We know not what's before;
But we are thine with heart and hand,
To serve thee evermore.

Amen.

Source: Children's Hymnal #121

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Author: Calvin Weiss Laufer

Presbyterian minister and hymnographer Calvin Weiss Laufer was born today in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania in 1874. Following his graduation from Union Seminary in 1900 he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry and led congregations in New York and New Jersey for several years. Laufer had a generally cheerful outlook on his Christian life, and his first two books, Key-Notes of Optimism (1911) and The Incomparable Christ (1914) expressed that viewpoint. A review of the first book spoke of the "crisp and stirring note in these sermonettes which is well calculated to rouse the mind of readers and banish dejection." His books were popular in their time but today are seen as somewhat superficial. He later began to work with the Presbyt… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Dear Lord, we give our youth to Thee
Title:	Dear Lord, We Give Our Youth to Thee
Author:	Calvin Weiss Laufer (1926)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain