1. "…He helps me to grow."
   "…I hear it when the wind blows."
2. "…The Bible tells me so."
   "…He’s gentle as the doe."

"Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak but He is strong.”

1. "…C-H-R."
   "…C-H-R-I."
2. "…C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N."
   "…C-H."

Sunday School first began in 1780 in Gloucester, England. Robert Raikes is credited with its creation.

1. "…I’ll see Jesus."
   "…He’ll walk with me on the other side."
2. "…I’ll fly away."
   "…Jesus will tell me He loves me."

“Some bright morning when this life is over, I’ll fly away. To that home on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away. I’ll fly away. Oh glory, I’ll fly away. When I die Hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away.”

1. "…Fountain flowing deep and wide."
   "…Valley where I can take a ride."
2. "…Vat of oil with French fries."
   "…Need for standing by my side."

Sunday School moved to the United States shortly after it was founded. Many of the songs that were used in England were believed to be too rough for American children.

1. "…Burning, burning, burning."
   "…Flying, flying, flying."
2. "…Happy, happy, happy."
   "…Searching, searching, searching."

"Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning. Give me oil in my lamp, I pray. Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, burning, burning. Keep me burning till the break of day.”

1. "…Blow it out."
   "…Let it shine."
2. "…Hide it there."
   "…March in time."

Early English Sunday Schools used songs from "Divine and Moral Songs for Children." The book was written in 1715 by Isaac Watts.

1. "…Keep me safe."
   "…Take me to be with You.”
2. "…Remember me."
   "…You know my fate?"

“Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do remember me. Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do remember me. Do Lord, oh, do Lord, oh, do remember me. Look away beyond the blue.”

1. "…Under His feet."
   "…In His hands.”
2. "…On His mind."
   "…Behind His back."

It wasn’t until the 1860s that American Sunday School songs as we know them were compiled in collections. These soon became popular.

1. "…Shoot the artillery."
   "…Fly o’er the enemy."
2. "…Man the battery."
   "…Ride in the cavalry."

"I may never march in the infantry, ride in the cavalry, shoot the artillery. I may never fly o’er the enemy, but I’m in the Lord’s army. Yes, sir!”

1. "…In a sycamore tree…"
   "…On his neighbor’s roof..."
2. "…Over Herod’s fence..."
   "…On a very tall horse..."

William Bradbury compiled Golden Chain in 1861. The best known children’s hymn, Jesus Loves Me, is attributed to Bradbury.

1. "…Jesus loves all the children of the world."
   "…So you can see Jesus."
2. "…Way far away."
   "…Over the hills and everywhere."

“Go, tell it on the mountain over the hills and everywhere. Go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. While shepherds kept their watching over silent flocks by night, behold throughout the heavens there shone a holy light.”

1. "…He keeps them safe through the night."
   "…And the grown-ups, young and old."
2. "…All the children of the world."
   "…They carry his banner unfurled."

The music of Sunday School songs often appealed to children and adults. Most of the songs are bright, rhythmically simple, and catchy.

1. "…Knowledge Jesus loves you."
   "…Lord always, and again, I say rejoice."
2. "…Bad times and the good."
   "…Certainty you have that your name is written in the Book of Life."

“Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.”

1. "…The night."
   "…A cow."
2. "…A river."
   "…The forest.”

The lyrics of Sunday School songs tend to focus on three aspects: the joys of Heaven, how satisfying the Christian life is, and how much Jesus Christ loves the singer.

1. "…Read it in the morning and read it in the night."
   "…Stand alone on the Word of God”
2. "…Learn all about Jesus and the prophets."
   "…Know God loves me because it says so."

“The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God—the B-I-B-L-E.”

1. "…On bended knee."
   "…Give him strength."
2. "…Do You know?"
   "…Kum-ba-yah."

Kum-Ba-Yah was collected from the Gullah (or Geechee) people of South Carolina and Georgia. Samuel G. Freedman recorded a Georgia man singing the song in 1926 on a wax-cylinder device.

1. "…His banner over me is love."
   "…He loves me because I am his child."
2. "…I will walk in His commandments."
   "…I serve in His Army."

“The Lord is mine, and I am His. His banner over me is love.”

1. "…Praise Him."
   "…Hallelujah."
2. "…Almighty Jesus."
   "…In the morning. Praise Him in the noon-time."

Camp meeting songs inspired William Bradbury’s Sunday School songs. His songs, in turn, inspired later musicians to write gospel hymns.

1. "…Through Jesus’ blood."
   "…So I will clap my hands in joy."
2. “…And so are you.”
   "…I can face tomorrow."

“Father Abraham had many sons. Many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you. So let's all praise the Lord. Right arm!”

1. "…Family up for the Lord."
   "…House upon the rock."
2. "…House upon the sand."
   "…Town by the sea."

Another inspiration for William Bradbury was the parlor song, which was sold as sheet music. He liked the chorus or refrain, which was a feature of the modern music of the era.

1. "…Elijah?"
   "…To carry me home?"
2. "…Mean ole Pharoah?"
   "…My ole man?"

“I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, coming for to carry me home? A band of angels coming after me, coming for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home.”

1. "…An ark."
   "….A tower."
2. "…A tall-e, tall-e tower.”
   "…An arky, arky."

Dwight Moody soon adopted some of the Sunday School songs for his popular campaigns in the 1870s. He began attending Sunday School at the age of 17, and after becoming a Christian, he founded his own Sunday School program in Chicago in 1858.

1. "…The sweet by and by."
   "…The bosom of Abraham."
2. "…Life so divine."
   "…Sunday school.”

“Rock-a my soul in the bosom of Abraham. Rock-a my soul in the bosom of Abraham. Rock-a my soul in the bosom of Abraham. Oh, rock-a my soul. So high you can’t get over it. So low, you can’t get under it. So wide, you can’t get ‘round it. You gotta go in at the door.”

1. "…Knocking on your door."
   "…Standing in the need of prayer."
2. "…Bind my wandering heart to Thee."
   "…’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus."

The Methodist Episcopal Church had developed a collection of American Sunday School Songs by 1854 titled "Hymns for Sunday-Schools, Youth and Children." Most of these are in the modern Methodist hymnal.

1. "…This is my story."
   "…Morning by morning new mercies I see."
2. "…There is sunshine in my soul today."
   "…The walls came a-tumbling down."

"Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho. Joshua fought the battle of Jericho and the walls came a-tumbling down. You may talk about your men of Gideon. You may talk about your men of Saul, but there’s none like good old Joshua at the battle of Jericho.”

1. "…Soul."
   "…Heart."
2. "…Feet."
   "…Pocket."

Since Sunday Schools were initially established to teach working children how to read, child labor laws changed the setup. Since children could no longer work six days a week, they were able to learn reading in a regular school.

1. "Ezekiel."
   "David."
2. "Daniel."
   "Moses."

“Ezekiel cried them dry bones. Ezekiel cried them dry bones. Ezekiel cried them dry bones. So hear the Word of the Lord. The foot bone connected to the leg bone. The leg bone connected to the knee bone.”

1. "…Go to God in prayer."
   "…Sing praises to Him?"
2. "…Swallow Jo Jo Jo Jo?"
   "…Save a wretch like me?"

The first known American Children’s Hymnal was Hervey Wilbur’s "A Sunday School Hymn Book for Youth" (1818). This “hymn book” did not contain music—just lyrical poems.

1. "…Moses, Moses."
   "…Jacob, Jacob."
2. "…Jonah, Jonah."
   "…Noah, Noah."

"Who built the ark? Noah, Noah. Who built the ark? Brother Noah built the ark. Old man Noah built the ark. He built it out of hickory bark.”

1. "…As you love yourself."
   "…And you go where I send you."
2. "…That your joy may be full.”
   "…And be careful where your feet go."

The first American Sunday School Song compilation with music was "The Sunday School Music Book." E. Osborn wrote it in 1826. These early attempts at hymnals still contained adult-oriented lyrics despite their names.

1. "…With my Savior all day long."
   "…Happy all the time."
2. "…Still in my heart."
   "…Able to face tomorrow."

“I’m in-right, outright, upright, downright, happy all the time. I’m in-right, outright, upright, downright, happy all the time. Since Jesus Christ came in and took away my sin, I’m in-right, outright, upright, downright, happy all the time.”

1. "…If you follow me."
   "…But you will need Me every hour."
2. "…Hallelujah, what a Savior!"
   "…’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus."

The camp movement was a series of revivals (many centered around The Chautauqua Lake in New York), where adults would go in the summer and camp to learn more about the Bible. From these, Lewis Miller and John Heyl Vincent developed a Sunday School teaching course in 1874 to teach adults how to teach Sunday School.

1. "…Praising the Savior all the day long."
   "…With a cloak and bread for food.”
2. "…I’m gonna send thee one-by-one.”
   "…With smiling children’s faces."

“Children go where I send thee. How shall I send thee? I’m gonna send thee one-by-one. One for the little bitty baby born, born, born in Bethlehem.”

1. "…I need Thee every hour."
   “…For the Father up above is looking down in love."
2. "…Bid my wandering heart to Thee."
   "…Living he loved me."

Most Sunday School hymnals were developed in the North, but this changed when the Civil War began. The blockade made it difficult for Southern churches to obtain new hymnals, and around 1863, they began producing their own versions in earnest.

1. "…Be still and know that I am God."
   "…Oh, Lord of my heart."
2. “…God’s gonna trouble the water."
   "…Great is Thy faithfulness."

“Wade in the water. Wade in the water, children. Wade in the water. God’s gonna trouble the water. Who’s that girl dressed in red? Wade in the water. Must be the children that Moses led. God’s gonna trouble the water.”