Scripture Verse

Learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29

Introduction

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Mary E. H. Kail (1831–1890)

Words: Ma­ry E. H. Kail, in The In­ter­na­tion­al Les­son Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by Da­vid C. Cook (Chi­cago, Il­li­nois: Da­vid C. Cook Pub­lish­ing, 1878), num­ber 4.

Music: Is­fa­han Da­ni­el F. Hodg­es (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hodg­es (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Kail,

Lyrics

We ga­ther in the Sab­bath school,
Upon this bless­èd day,
We meet to­ge­ther here in love,
To read and sing and pray,
And while to bless the Sav­ior’s name,
Our tune­ful voic­es raise,
We know the heav’n­ly courts above
Re-ec­ho with His praise.

Refrain

We ga­ther in the Sab­bath school
To learn the ho­ly way
That leads from sor­row and from sin,
Up to the gates of day.

We love to sing of Him who died,
To save the world from sin,
And op­ened wide the gold­en gates,
That we may en­ter in;
And all He asks of us to do,
His bless­ing to re­ceive,
Is just to learn His ho­ly will,
To trust Him and be­lieve.

Refrain

And as we grow in strength of years,
And la­bor for the right,
We pray that all our work may meet
With fa­vor in His sight,
And in the bless­èd book we read
The glo­ri­ous king­dom giv’n,
Is like un­to a lit­tle child,
Our rest­ing place in Heav’n.

Refrain