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1 It stands by a stream in the wildwood,
And hid in the deep shady vale;
No place is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the dale.

Chorus:
O come,
Come to the church in the wildwood,
O come to the church in the dale;
No spot is so dear to my childhood
As the little brown church in the vale.

2 How oft we have heard it with gladness—
The chime of the sweet Sabbath bell;
It calls us from care and from sadness
To the little brown church in the dell. [Chorus]

3 And safe in our Father’s kind keeping
Lies one whom we cherish full well;
She’s sweetly and peacefully sleeping
By the little brown church in the dell. [Chorus]

4 Of God’s holy temple in heaven,
O who all the glory can tell?
To us may an entrance be given
There with Jesus forever to dwell. [Chorus]
Great Tabernacle Hymns #66 (1916)
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