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The School Prayer

O Almighty God, and most merciful Father who hath taught us to praise Thee as well for the dead as the living.

We thank Thee for Claude Martin, our founder, for Paul Chater, our benefactor, and for the lives and examples of all who have served Thee in this school.

Pour down Thy blessings, we pray Thee, upon those who are now here. Prosper our labours, as Thou in Thy wisdom see'st to best for us.

Protect us, we beseech Thee, from all things hurtful both to soul and body.

Preserve us by Thy Holy Spirit from sin and selfishness.

Make us generous and brave, pure and true, in all our work and in all our play, so that our task may be sanctified by Thy love, our days here may be attended by Thy blessing; and that when our days work on earth is over, Thou mayest send us rest from our labours under the shadow of thy wing; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, AMEN.

The School Song
Vive La Martinière[1][2]
 by F. J. Rowe

Hail! Hail! the name we own;

Hail! to the giver;

Blessing and bright renown;

Be his forever!

Verse 1:

All his martial deeds may die,

Lasting still his charity;

This his laurel blooms for aye,

Dead he lives in us today.

This then our song shall be,

As we chant his eulogy -

"May our Founder's name endure;

Ever spotless, ever pure."

Chorus

Verse 2:

Faithful may we ever be

Followers of his constancy;

Firm of hand against the foe

Soft of heart to succour woe.

This then our song shall be,

As we chant his eulogy -

"May our Founder's name endure

Ever spotless ever pure!"

Chorus