The Sunday School

'Tis there we learn to understand

Author: A. O. Orwig
Tune: ['Tis there we learn to understand]
Published in 1 hymnal

Representative Text

Chorus:
We'll not neglect the Sunday School,
The pleasant, holy, blessed place,
For there of Jesus' love we learn,
And how to run the heav'nly race

1 'Tis there we learn to understand
God's holy word, the book of truth
And guided by the light it gives,
We find the way of life in youth. [Chorus]

2 We'll not neglect the Sunday School,
Where cheerful voices join in song,
But prize it far above our play,
Nor think the time we spend there long. [Chorus]

3 We'll not neglect the Sunday School,
Tho' tempted oft to stay away,
For if not there we might indulge,
In idleness and sinful play. [Chorus]

4 We'll not neglect the Sunday School,
Nor be content that we may go,
But try to bring in others too,
And save them from a world of woe. [Chorus]


Source: Joyful Songs: a choice collection of new Sunday School music #136

Author: A. O. Orwig

Orwig, Aaron W. (1838--1931). Son of Bishop William W. Orwig. Sister Sue Hoffman also a hymnwriter. Aaron Orwig was licensed to preach in 1871 in the Ohio Conference of the Evangelical Association. Publisher of a magazine, The Living Epistle (1869-?). Resided in California before his death. --Robert S. Wilson, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: 'Tis there we learn to understand
Title: The Sunday School
Author: A. O. Orwig
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We'll not neglect the Sunday School
Copyright: Public Domain

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