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[Remember thy great Creator]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Incipit: 51171 23334 32124

Author: Flora Kirkland Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Remember thy great Creator Lyrics: 1 Remember thy great Creator, Think of His mighty love! Think of His home above! Remember in life’s bright morning, Ever to give your grateful love to Him. All the sounds of life from creation are calling thee, To worship thy Creator and King, All His silent works show His wonderful pow’r and tho’t, O join thou, as His praises they sing! Refrain: Ye children, oh, come to Jesus! Give Him your early years, Tell Him your hopes and fears, Ye children, oh come to Jesus! He will reveal to you the Father’s love. 2 Remember thy loving Father, Ever He cares for thee, Patiently tenderly, Remember His gift of Jesus, Out of His boundless love for thee, for me! He is loving thee, He is guiding and helping thee, O, think thou of that wonderful love! He will comfort thee, He will ever thy keeper be, Oh, serve Him till He calls thee above! [Refrain] 3 Remember thy loving Saviour, He will thy Pilot be, Over life’s troubled sea, Remember His love on Calv’ry, Out of eternity He calleth thee. He is calling thee; He is whispering “Come to Me!” O heed now as He calleth today! Turn ye not away from the One who is calling thee! But follow where He leadeth alway. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Remember thy great Creator]

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Remember thy Creator

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: The Kingdom of Praise #68 (1920) First Line: Remember thy great Creator Lyrics: 1 Remember thy great Creator, Think of His mighty love! Think of His home above! Remember in life’s bright morning, Ever to give your grateful love to Him. All the sounds of life from creation are calling thee, To worship thy Creator and King, All His silent works show His wonderful pow’r and tho’t, O join thou, as His praises they sing! Refrain: Ye children, oh, come to Jesus! Give Him your early years, Tell Him your hopes and fears, Ye children, oh come to Jesus! He will reveal to you the Father’s love. 2 Remember thy loving Father, Ever He cares for thee, Patiently tenderly, Remember His gift of Jesus, Out of His boundless love for thee, for me! He is loving thee, He is guiding and helping thee, O, think thou of that wonderful love! He will comfort thee, He will ever thy keeper be, Oh, serve Him till He calls thee above! [Refrain] 3 Remember thy loving Saviour, He will thy Pilot be, Over life’s troubled sea, Remember His love on Calv’ry, Out of eternity He calleth thee. He is calling thee; He is whispering “Come to Me!” O heed now as He calleth today! Turn ye not away from the One who is calling thee! But follow where He leadeth alway. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Remember thy great Creator]

Remember Thy Creator

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #52 (1903) First Line: Remember thy great Creator Topics: Decision Day; Invitation; Love; Surrender Languages: English Tune Title: [Remember thy great Creator]

Remember Thy Creator

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Montreat Hymns #467 (1916) First Line: Remember thy great Creator Languages: English Tune Title: [Remember thy great Creator]

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I. H. Meredith

1872 - 1962 Composer of "[Remember thy great Creator]" in The Kingdom of Praise Pseudonyms Charles C. Ackley (taken from his wife’s name, Clarissa Ackley Cowan) Broughton Edwards Floyd Engle (from his address on Floyd Street in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Arthur Grantley Bruce Kennedy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton

Flora Kirkland

1862 - 1911 Author of "Remember thy Creator" in The Kingdom of Praise Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911