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Text:We Are the Children of the Church (Our Fathers' Church)
Author:B. T. Tanner 1835-1815
Tune:OUR FATHER'S CHURCH
Composer:L. J. Coppin, 1848-1924

583. We Are the Children of the Church (Our Fathers' Church)

1 We are the children of the church,
Our mothers reared by prayer,
The church our fathers fortified,
By faith and manly care.

Refrain:
Our fathers' church, our mothers' church,
Is just the church for me
Our fathers' church, our mothers' church,
Mine evermore shall be.

2 Strong are its massive gates and wide,
Its walls a-towering pile;
Alike impregnable to all
Who would its courts defile. [Refrain]

3 Numerous its people as the stars,
As pledged in days of old;
And will be as the countless sand,
A number yet untold. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: We are the children of the church
Title: We Are the Children of the Church (Our Fathers' Church)
Author: B. T. Tanner 1835-1815
Refrain First Line: Our fathers' church, our mothers' church
Meter: CM with Refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Scripture:
Topic: Occasional Services: Founder's Day; Church; Youth
Tune Information
Name: OUR FATHER'S CHURCH
Composer: L. J. Coppin, 1848-1924
Meter: CM with Refrain
Key: D Major



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