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We build our school on Thee, O Lord

We build our school on Thee, O Lord

Author: Sebastian W. Meyer (1908)
Published in 12 hymnals

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We build our school on thee, O Lord,
To thee we bring our common need;
The loving heart, the helpful word,
The tender thought, the kindly deed.

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We work together in thy sight,
We live together in thy love;
Guide thou our faltering steps aright,
And lift our thought to heaven above.

Hold thou each hand to keep it just,
Touch thou our lips and make them pure;
If thou art with us, Lord, we must
Be faithful friends and comrades sure.

We change, but thou art still the same,
The same good Master, Teacher, Friend;
We change; but, Lord, we bear thy Name,
To journey with it to the end.

Amen.

(Land of our birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be,
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race.)

Author: Sebastian W. Meyer

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Text Information

First Line: We build our school on Thee, O Lord
Author: Sebastian W. Meyer (1908)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

CHURCH TRIUMPHANT


SEFTON (Calkin)


QUEBEC (Baker)

Henry Baker (b. Nuneham, Oxfordshire, England, 1835; d. Wimbledon, England, 1910; not to be confused with Henry W. Baker) was educated as a civil engineer at Winchester and Cooper's Hill and was active in railroad building in India. In 1867 he completed a music degree at Exeter College, Oxford, Engl…

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The Cyber Hymnal #7184
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Instances

Instances (1 - 12 of 12)

Hymns of the Christian Life #d456

Hymns of the Christian Life #d451

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Hymns of the Christian Life #455

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The Beacon Hymnal #194

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The Century Hymnal #381

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The Church Hymnal #633

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The Cyber Hymnal #7184

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #324a

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #324b

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #324

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The Hymnal #366

Union Hymnal, Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship. 3rd ed. Revised and enlarged. #254

Exclude 11 pre-1979 instances
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