Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 18:20
Words: Virginia J. Kent, in Infant Praises, edited by John R. Sweney & William J. Kirkpatrick (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1887), page 6.
Music: Dias Ridge Lizzie Edmonston, 1887 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get good a photo of Kent or Edmonston (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Dear Father, we Thy little ones
Assemble here today
To hear of Jesus’ love to us,
And learn to praise and pray;
O, help me and my schoolmates dear
Remember that the Lord is here;
O, help me and my schoolmates dear
Remember that the Lord is here.