Our Prayer

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Father, hear us as we pray, guard and keep us day by day

Author: Ida F. Leyda
Tune: [Father, hear us as we pray]
Published in 9 hymnals

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1 Father, hear us as we pray;
Guard and keep us day by day;
Help us feel Thy loving care,
Ev'ry day and ev'rywhere.

2 Help us to be good and true,
Jesus' work on earth to do;
All we have with others share,
Ev'ry day and ev'rywhere.

Source: Primary School Carols: a Hymnal for the Beginners' and Primary Departments of Sunday Schools #35

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Author: Ida F. Leyda

Buried: Harrison Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa. Leyda’s husband apparently had a publishing company in Wapello, Iowa, and (perhaps later) Chicago, Illinois. Her works include: Junior Hymns and Carols. A Book of Hymns and Services for the Junior Department, 1911 Carols: A Book of Songs and Services for the Beginners and Primary Grades of the Sunday School, 1914 Melodies; for Children’s Voices in the Home and Sunday School (Chicago, Illinois: Leyda Publishing Company, 1916) http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/e/y/leyda_if.htm Go to person page >

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First Line:	Father, hear us as we pray, guard and keep us day by day
Title:	Our Prayer
Author:	Ida F. Leyda
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1912
Copyright:	Public Domain