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[When daily I kneel down to pray]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. W. Linton Incipit: 51232 17655 61321 Used With Text: Wandering Tho'ts
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When daily I kneel down to pray

Appears in 61 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When daily I kneel down to pray, As I am taught to do, God does not care for what I say Unless I feel it too. Yet foolish tho'ts my heart beguile, And when I pray or sing, I'm often thinking all the while About some other thing. 2 Oh, let me never, never dare To act a trifler's part, Or think that God will hear a pray'r, That comes not from the heart. But if I make his ways my choice, As holy children do, Then, while I seek him with my voice, My heart will love him too. Used With Tune: WANDERING THO'TS
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The Golden Rule

Appears in 49 hymnals First Line: To do to others as I would Used With Tune: [To do to others as I would]
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Wandering Tho'ts

Hymnal: Twilight Zephyrs #86a (1881) First Line: When daily I kneel down to pray Languages: English Tune Title: [When daily I kneel down to pray]
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When daily I kneel down to pray

Hymnal: Kind Words #28 (1871) Lyrics: 1 When daily I kneel down to pray, As I am taught to do, God does not care for what I say Unless I feel it too. Yet foolish tho'ts my heart beguile, And when I pray or sing, I'm often thinking all the while About some other thing. 2 Oh, let me never, never dare To act a trifler's part, Or think that God will hear a pray'r, That comes not from the heart. But if I make his ways my choice, As holy children do, Then, while I seek him with my voice, My heart will love him too. Languages: English Tune Title: WANDERING THO'TS
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The Golden Rule

Hymnal: Twilight Zephyrs #86b (1881) First Line: To do to others as I would Languages: English Tune Title: [To do to others as I would]
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G. W. Linton

Composer of "[When daily I kneel down to pray]" in Twilight Zephyrs
G. W. Linton
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