C H I L D R E N 'S S O N G S

Children's Hymns
Orrin Kenner 1942

We thank Thee heaenly Father
For all that makes life bright
For sunny hours, for clouds
And showers, for dawns
And star lit nights
For all creation's loveliness
And eyes that we may see
For Jesus and His winsome
Life that Shows what we may be

We thank Thee Heavenly Father
For all that gives life zest
For work to do, for playthings too
For nights of peaceful rest
For homes of love, For friends who care
In sickness and in health
Our hearts are glad that we have
So much of life's best wealth

We thank Thee Heavenly Father
For prayer and gift of song
For inner light to choose the right
And turn away the wrong
For moments still to know
thy will Like him of Galilee
May we not lose what thou canst use
Thru all eternity
(Hymns of the Rural Spirit)

Children's Hymn
Cecil F. Alexander
W.R. Waghorne

Chorus:
All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all

Each little flower that opens
Each little bird that sings
He make the glowing colors
He made their tiny wings
(chorus)

The purple headed mountains
The river runing by
The sunset and the morning
That brightens up the sky
(chorus)

The cold wind in the winter
The pleasant summer sun
The ripe fruits in the garden
He made them ev'ry one
(chorus)

The tall trees in the green wood
The meadows where we play
The rushes by the water
We gather ev'ry day
(chorus)

He gave us eyes to see them
and lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty
who has made all things well
(chorus)

Twinkling Stars
Johann W Hey 1837 Leo Sowerby 1941

Can you count the stars that brightly
Twinkle in the midnight sky.
Can you count the clouds so lightly
O'er the meadows floating by.
God the Lord doth mark their number
With his eyes that never slumber.
He hath made them ev'ry one
He hath made them ev'ry one.

Do you know how many children
Rise each morning blithe and gay
Can you count their jolly voices
Singing sweetly day by day.
God hears all the happy voices
In their merry songs rejoice.
And He loves them ev'ry one
And He loves them ev'ry one.
(Hymns of the Rural Spirit)

Children's Hymns
Jan Struthers1933 Johann Ebeling 1666

We thank you Lord of Heaven
for all the joys that great us
For all that you have given
To help us and delight us
In earth and sky and seas
The Sunlight on the meadows
The reainbow's fleeting wonder
THe clouds with cooling shadows
The starts that shine in splendor
We thank You Lord for these

For swift and gallant horses
For lambs in pastures springing
For dogs with friendly faces
For birds with music thronging
Their chantries in the trees
For herbs to cool our fever
For flowers of field and garden
For bees a mong the clover
For stollen sweetness laden
We thank you Lord for these

For homely dwelling places
Where childhood's visions linger
For friends and kindly voices
For bread to stay our hunger
And sleep to bring us ease
For zeal and zest of living
For hope of peace unending
We thank you Lord for these
(Hymns of the Rural Spirit)

The Happy Story Hour
Aurora Shumate
Ida Truss
Chorus
The story hour, the story hour The happy story hour
We sing and pray and listen well in the happy story hour
Verse 1
Ev'ry Sunday evening off to the church we go
For happy story hour and we love it so

(chorus)
Verse 2
Here we have some stories
Of God's love and care
Other's tell us how to live
and with people share.
(chorus)
Verse 3
How we like the singing and the work and play
Happy, happy story hour we can not stay
(chorus)

Child's Morning Hymn
Rebecca Weston D. Batchellor

Father we thank thee for the night
and for the pleasant morning light
For rest and food and loving care
And all that makes the world so fair.
Help us to do the things we should
To be to others kind and good
In all we do, in work or play
To love thee better day by day.

Jesus Loves The Little Children
Anonymous Geo. F. Root

Jesus loves the little children
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white
They are precious in his sight
Jesus loves the little children
of the world

Praise Him
All Ye Little Children Praise him Praise Him all
ye little children God is love God is love
Praise Him, Praise Him all ye little children
God is love, God is love
Love Him, Love Him all ye little children
God is love, God is love
Love Him, Love Him all ye little children
God is love, God is love.