Scripture Verse

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up. James 4:10

Introduction

Words: Mar­tha E. Shel­ly, 1844. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Mar­tha Jack­son, her maid­en name.

Music: Hamp­shire Al­fred T. Schauff­ler, Ho­san­na for the Sun­day School (New York: Cen­tu­ry Com­pa­ny, 1898), num­ber 7 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Shel­ly or Schauff­ler (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Lord, a lit­tle band and low­ly,
We are come to wor­ship Thee:
Thou art great and high and ho­ly,
Meek and hum­ble let us be.

Fill our hearts with thoughts of Je­sus,
And of Heav’n where He is gone;
And let no­thing ev­er please us
He would grieve to look up­on.

For we know the Lord of glo­ry
Always sees what child­ren do,
And is writ­ing now the sto­ry
Of our thoughts, and act­ions, too.

Let our sins be all for­giv­en;
Make us fear what­e’er is wrong;
Let us on our way to Hea­ven,
There to sing a nob­ler song.