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The Fairest Flower

Quickly and joyfully gather we now

Author: Adaline Hohf Beery
Tune: [Quickly and joyfully]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Quickly and joyfully
Gather we now;
Lowly and tenderly
Worship and bow;
Jesus our Master is,
Be his the praise;
Now may his grace be ours
In all our ways.

Refrain:
Bless our dear Children’s Day!
Let us repeat;
Make our lives pure and bright,
Life flower sweet,
Bless our dear Children’s Day!
Let us repeat;
Make our lives pure and bright,
Life flower sweet.

2 Surely and patiently,
With faith sublime,
Open the lily buds
In God’s good time;
Here may our lesson be,
Quiet to wait;
God brings our gifts to us,
Never too late. [Refrain]

3 Roses so beautiful,
Lilies so white,
Fragrance and harmony
Shed their delight;
Fairer than bloom or song
Is Christ, our King;
His be our warmest tho’t
Whene’er we sing. [Refrain]

Source: The Service of Praise #190

Author: Adaline Hohf Beery

Adaline H. Beery was born on De­cem­ber 20, 1859 in Han­o­ver, Penn­syl­van­ia. Ad­a­line’s fam­i­ly moved to Io­wa when she was 10 years old. She at­tend­ed Mount Mor­ris Col­lege Acad­e­my, Mount Mor­ris, Il­li­nois and for while taught in Io­wa pub­lic schools. Ad­a­line wrote hun­dreds of po­ems, ma­ny of which ap­peared in Breth­ren pe­ri­od­i­cals and in the 1897 Po­ems of a De­cade. She died on Feb­ru­ary 24, 1929, Kane, Il­li­nois. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: Cyber Hymnal Go to person page >

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First Line: Quickly and joyfully gather we now
Title: The Fairest Flower
Author: Adaline Hohf Beery
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Bless our dear Children’s Day
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Service of Praise #190

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