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Text:The Greatest Commandments
Paraphraser:Isaac Watts
Tune:FARRANT
Arranger:Edward Hodges
Composer (attributed to):Richard Farrant
Composer (probably):John Hilton

344. The Greatest Commandments

1. Love God with all your soul and strength
With all your heart and mind,
And love your neighbor as yourself;
Be faithful, just, and kind.

2. Deal with another as you'd have
Another deal with you.
What you're unwilling to receive,
Be sure you never do.

Text Information
First Line: Love God with all your soul and strength
Title: The Greatest Commandments
Paraphraser: Isaac Watts (1715)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 26
Notes: Text by nonconformist minister Isaac Watts, from Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children (1715).
Tune Information
Name: FARRANT
Composer (probably): John Hilton
Composer (attributed to): Richard Farrant
Arranger: Edward Hodges (1847)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 11232 142
Key: G Major or modal
Notes: Tune FARRANT from the anthem “Lord, for thy tender mercies’ sake,” often attr. to Richard Farrant but probably by John Hilton, adapt. and arr. by Edward Hodges for W.H. Havergal’s Old Church Psalmody (1847), alt.



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