To The Father and Thy Mother

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1 To thy father and thy mother
Honor, love and rev'rence pay,
This command, before all other,
Must a Christian child obey.

2 Jesus Christ my Lord, fulfilled it
In his home at Nazareth,
So His heav'nly Father will'd it,
While a child He dwelt beneath.

3 Help me, Lord, in this sweet duty,
Guide me in Thy steps divine,
Show me all the joy and beauty
Of obedience such as Thine.

Amen.

Source: Let Youth Praise Him: a hymnal for Christian primary schools, Sunday schools and Christian homes #109

Author: A. R. Cousin

Cousin, Anne Ross, née Cundell, is the only daughter of David Ross Cundell, M.D., Leith, and is the widow of the Rev. William Cousin, late Minister of the Free Church of Melrose. She has contributed many poems to various periodicals; 7 hymns to The Service of Praise, 1865, edited by the Rev. J. H. Wilson, of Edinburgh; and 1 to the Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship, 1866, the Hymnal of the English Presbyterian Church. Four of her hymns are included in the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal, 1876. Her most popular hymn, "The sands of time are sinking," was first published in The Christian Treasury for 1857, and gives its title to the collected edition of her poems published in 1876, as Immanuel’s Land and other Pieces by A. R. C. This is a co… Go to person page >

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First Line: To thy father and thy mother
Title: To The Father and Thy Mother
Author: A. R. Cousin
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that c…

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Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1870188018901900191019201930194019501960050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

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Junior Church School Hymnal #136

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Let Youth Praise Him #109

Let Youth Praise Him. 2nd ed. #d103

New Standard Singer #d232

New Standard Singer, Pt. 1-7 #d235

Our Hymns of Praise #119a

Our Songs of Praise #d128

The Call to Praise #d132

The Call to Praise, a Hymnal for Children's Division #d125

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The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #219

The Dominion Hymnal #274

The Home and School Hymnal #269

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