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SDA Hymnal 591

In Our Work and in Our Play

1In our work and in our play,
Jesus, ever with us stay;
May be always strive to be
True and faithful unto Thee.
Then we truthfully can sing,
We are children of the King.

2May we in Thy strength subdue
Evil tempers, words untrue,
Thoughts impure, and deeds unkind,
All things hateful to Thy mind.
Then we truthfully can sing,
We are children of the King.

3Children of the King are we!
May we loyal to Him be;
Try to please Him every day,
In our work and in our play.
Then we truthfully can sing,
We are children of the King.

Tune: ROSSLYN

The verse

Meter: 9.7.7.7.7.7
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 56% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABBCC

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Verse 1

In our work and in our play,˘/˘/˘˘/˘/9A

Jesus, ever with us stay;/˘/˘˘˘/7A

May be always strive to be˘˘///˘˘7B

True and faithful unto Thee./˘/˘/˘/7B

Then we truthfully can sing,/˘/˘˘˘/7C

We are children of the King.˘˘/˘˘˘/7C

Verse 2

May we in Thy strength subdue˘˘˘//˘/7A

Evil tempers, words untrue,/˘/˘/˘/7A

Thoughts impure, and deeds unkind,///˘/˘/7B

All things hateful to Thy mind.///˘˘//7B

Then we truthfully can sing,/˘/˘˘˘/7C

We are children of the King.˘˘/˘˘˘/7C

Verse 3

Children of the King are we!/˘˘˘/˘˘7A

May we loyal to Him be;˘˘/˘˘˘˘7A

Try to please Him every day,/˘/˘/˘˘/8B

In our work and in our play.˘/˘/˘˘/˘/9B

Then we truthfully can sing,/˘/˘˘˘/7C

We are children of the King.˘˘/˘˘˘/7C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.