An original hymn with text by Mark Fotheringham below. Performed at the 2016 Alice Lloyd College convocation for Dr. D. Gene Pace.
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/lvo3XVJrVrw
We come to the river for to drink from the stream.

We climb up the mountainside to reach for a dream.



We come to the forest for to blaze new trails

Reaching oceans, we unfurl sails.



And for our food and our raiment we will lightly care,

For learning and knowledge is our fare.



And every page which we study, every word we write

Leads closer to the truth and the right.



May each question be answered. May our vision be clear.

May we serve with conviction that our God's ever near.



May He ever sustain us as we follow His beam

Let us drink from the river and dream.

We'll mine every theory with the zeal of our youth,
Expose every error and reveal every truth.

The joy of discovery will feed our souls
As we master our heartfelt goals.

So many friends and companions met along our way
Will reach out in friendship, ne'er to stray.

And then ascending together, every day we'll find
A soul refreshed in heart and in mind.

May each question be answered. May our vision be clear.
May we serve with conviction that our God's ever near.

May He ever sustain us as we follow His beam
Let us drink from the river and dream.

An original hymn with text by Kathryn W. Hales below.
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/0QCn0kz4J7c

Sorrow for the sins of the world,
For the wickedness of the whole human race,
Who have polluted Thy wondrous creation
Of this once paradisiacal place.
Sorrow for my own sins committed,
Of word, of deed, or of thought,
When in pride, anger, or ignorance,
Thy ways were not faithfully sought.
Sorrow for the pain that I added
To the anguish suffered by Thy Own Son,
Whose blood like sweat oozed from His pores
As payment for every sin I have done.
May this sorrow lead to my repentance,
To remorse of conscience, reconciliation with man,
As I turn unto Thee with renewal of faith
Seeking forgiveness, a wholeness again.