School Thy Feelings
First line: School thy feelings, O my brother; Train thy warm / School thy feelings, O my brother / School thy feelings / School thy feelings, oh, my brother
Original language: English
Words: Charles W. Penrose
Music: George F. Root
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School Thy Feelings (Men’s Choir)
Hymns
(1985, 2002 ed.), 336
1. School thy feelings, O my brother;Train thy warm, impulsive soul.Do not its emotions smother,But let wisdom’s voice control.School thy feelings; there is powerIn the cool, collected mind.Passion shatters reason’s tower,Makes the clearest vision blind.
[Chorus]School thy feelings, O my brother;Train thy warm, impulsive soul.Do not its emotions smother,But let wisdom’s voice control.
2. School thy feelings; condemnationNever pass on friend or foe,Though the tide of accusationLike a flood of truth may flow.Hear defense before deciding,And a ray of light may gleam,Showing thee what filth is hidingUnderneath the shallow stream.
3. Should affliction’s acrid vialBurst o’er thy unsheltered head,School thy feelings to the trial;Half its bitterness hath fled.Art thou falsely, basely, slandered?Does the world begin to frown?Gauge thy wrath by wisdom’s standard;Keep thy rising anger down.
4. Rest thyself on this assurance:Time’s a friend to innocence,And the patient, calm enduranceWins respect and aids defense.Noblest minds have finest feelings;Quiv’ring strings a breath can move;And the gospel’s sweet revealingsTune them with the key of love.
5. Hearts so sensitively moldedStrongly fortified should be,Trained to firmness and enfoldedIn a calm tranquility.Wound not willfully another;Conquer haste with reason’s might;School thy feelings, sister, brother;Train them in the path of right.
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These charts show the use of this song in English hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If a song appears in multiple editions of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once. [undetermined] means that tune information has not yet been entered in.
Tunes that have appeared with this song in English
Appearances of this song over time in English
Tune: Abbott / Vacant Chair (by George F. Root) (Return to top) Tune 322
School Thy Feelings
Submitted Music (1980–Present), Jan 2015
Arr.: Sean Johnson
Contributor: Sean Johnson
Tune: Humility (by Ebenezer Beesley) (Return to top) Tune 5031
Tune: School Thy Feelings (by Evan Stephens) (Return to top) Tune 3973
School Thy Feelings (Trio or Chorus)
Relief Society Song Book (1919, 1930 ed.), 111
Arr.: B. Cecil Gates
School Thy Feelings (Trio or Chorus)
Relief Society Song Book (1919, 1927 ed.), 111
Arr.: B. Cecil Gates
School Thy Feelings (Trio or Chorus)
Relief Society Song Book (1919, 1923 ed.), 111
Arr.: B. Cecil Gates
School Thy Feelings (Trio or Chorus)
Relief Society Song Book (1919, 1919 ed.), 111
Arr.: B. Cecil Gates
Tune: School Thy Feelings (by George Careless) (Return to top) Tune 7415
School thy feelings, O my brother
Music from April 1911 General Conference (1911, 1911-04 ed.), 3
Artist: Horace S. Ensign
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Unofficial or Local Publications
School Thy Feelings
Latter-Day Saints Congregational Hymns, Volume 1 (1919, 1919 ed.), 56
School thy feelings, O my brother
Music from October 1912 General Conference (1912, 1912-10 ed.), 4
Artist: Edna Crowther
School Thy Feelings
Y. M. M. I. A. and Missionary Hymn and Tune Book (1899, 1909 ed.), 9
Arr.: Evan Stephens
School Thy Feelings
Y. M. M. I. A. and Missionary Hymn and Tune Book (1899, 1899 ed.), 9
Arr.: Evan Stephens