We Are the Children of the Church (Our Fathers' Church)

1 We are the children of the church,
Our mothers reared by prayer,
The church our fathers fortified,
By faith and manly care.

Refrain:
Our fathers' church, our mothers' church,
Is just the church for me
Our fathers' church, our mothers' church,
Mine evermore shall be.

2 Strong are its massive gates and wide,
Its walls a-towering pile;
Alike impregnable to all
Who would its courts defile. [Refrain]

3 Numerous its people as the stars,
As pledged in days of old;
And will be as the countless sand,
A number yet untold. [Refrain]

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #583

• MIDI file from The Cyber Hymnal #12043