Let us be ten­der, and trus­ty, and true—
Here is a thought, dear­est chil­dren, for you;
Where’er we go, and what­ev­er we do,
Let us be ten­der, and trus­ty, and true.

Refrain

Brave to the bat­tle of life we will go,
Tender and trus­ty in all that we do;
Helpful, and thought­ful to all we will prove,
Winning all hearts by our good­ness and love.

Let us be trus­ty, and ten­der, and true—
Children, I pray you to keep this in view;
Blessing each oth­er, our bless­ing we find,
Therefore be help­ful, and thought­ful and kind.

Refrain

Let us be cheer­ful, and hap­py as well,
That all our life-ser­vice doubly may tell;
God loves the cheer­ful heart sing­ing its lay,
Let us then joy­ous­ly keep on our way.

Refrain