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12867. Children, To The Rescue

1 Children, to the rescue!
The world is full of sin;
Come to the field of harvest
And thrust the sickle in;
Let no one linger idle,
Or urge his friend to stay,
There’s work enough for all
In God’s great field today.

Refrain:
Children, to the rescue!
And do whate’er you can;
For ’tis a glorious mission
To work for God and man.

2 Children, to the rescue!
The world is full of woe;
Put smiles for tears, I pray you,
In some heart as you go;
Fear not to do a kind act,
To any by the way,
But work to hasten on
The great millennial day. [Refrain]

3 Children, to the rescue!
The world is full of doubt;
The lamp of faith hold higher,
And send its rays about;
Fail not to shed a glimmer
On some benighted heart,
And point him to the home
God’s love has set apart. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Children, to the rescue!
Title: Children, To The Rescue
Author: Hattie Tyng Griswold (1875)
Refrain First Line: Children, to the rescue!
Language: English
Source: The Shining River by Henry Perkins and William O Perkins (New York: Oliver Ditson, 1875)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Children, to the rescue]
Composer: George B. Loomis
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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