joy-st.margs school hymn

SMSS School Hymn
Our Father, by whose servants
Our school was built of old,
Whose hand hath crowned her children,
With blessings manifold;
For Thine unfailing mercies;
Far strewn along our way;
With all who passed before us,
We praise Thy name today.
The changeful years unresting,
Their silent course have sped,
New comrades ever bringing,
In comrades’ steps to tread;
And some are long forgotten,
Long spent their hopes and fears;
Safe rest they in Thy keeping,
Who changest not with years.
They reap not where they laboured,
We reap what they have sown;
Our harvest may be garnered,
By ages yet unknown;
The days of old have dowered us
With gifts beyond all praise,
Our Father, make us faithful,
To serve and love always.
Before us and beside us,
Still holden in Thy hand,
A cloud of unseen witness,
Our elder comrades stand;
One family unbroken,
We join with one acclaim;
One heart one voice uplifting,
To glorify Thy name.