CHRISTIAN LIFE >> Obedience
SDAH 591
In our work and in our play,
Jesus, ever with us stay;
May be always strive to be
True and faithful unto Thee.
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Introductions for Sabbath School Song Service (based on specific lesson quarterlies):
This children’s hymn about obedience and loyalty made its first appearance in Sunday School Voices, No. 2, a collection of sacred songs compiled by Charles H. Gabriel and printed in 1901. It was used in two Methodist hymnals in 1935 and 1939, and in a Mennonite hymnal in 1940. Whitfield Glanville Wills was born October 28, 1841, in Bristol, England, and died October 2, 1892, at Ealing, Middlesex.
The delightful tune ROSSLYN is an English melody that probably comes from a folk song.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
1
In our work and in our play,
Jesus, ever with us stay;
May be always strive to be
True and faithful unto Thee.
Then we truthfully can sing,
We are children of the King.
2
May we in Thy strength subdue
Evil tempers, words untrue,
Thoughts impure, and deeds unkind,
All things hateful to Thy mind.
Then we truthfully can sing,
We are children of the King.
3
Children of the King are we!
May we loyal to Him be;
Try to please Him every day,
In our work and in our play.
Then we truthfully can sing,
We are children of the King.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) 1 Cor 10:31; Isa 43:15 (b) Phil 4:13
Author
Whitfield G. Wills (1841-1891)
Hymn Tune
ROSSLYN
Metrical Number
7.7.7.7.7.7.
Tune Source
English melody
Theme
OBEDIENCE
