Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds

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Let children hear the mighty deeds

Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Published in 162 hymnals

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1 Let children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed of old,
Which in our younger days we saw,
And which our parents told.

2 So make to them His glories known,
His works of pow'r and grace;
And we'll convey His wonders down
Through ev'ry rising race.

3 Our sons and daughters we shall tell
And they again to theirs
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.

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5 To learn that in our God alone
Their hope securely stands,
That they may never doubt His love
But walk in His commands.

Source: Lutheran Service Book #867

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Let children hear the mighty deeds
Title:	Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds
Author:	Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter:	8.6.8.6

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Scripture References:
st. 1 = Ps. 78:1-4
st. 2 = Ps. 78:5-7

This versification of Psalm 78:1-8 is a modernized form of Isaac Watts' (PHH 155) version, published in his Psalms of David Imitated (1719). Psalm 78 is a didactic psalm of history. It teaches all of God's people to remember God's merciful dealings with them, to refrain from repeating the sins Israel committed in olden days, and to obey the word of the Lord (see PHH 78 for further comments on the psalm).

The text emphasizes the joyful covenant responsibility of parents to teach diligently the ways of the Lord to their children. Its theme comes from verses 4-5; there the biblical text combines a stress on God's savings deeds, which lead to faith, and God's commandments, which demand obedience. The command to "tell your children" runs throughout the Pentateuch (Ex. 10:2; Deut. 4:9).

Liturgical Use:
Baptism; other occasions of worship that stress the covenant responsibility of one generation to teach the next generation not to forget God's deeds but to keep his commands (see Ps. 78:6-7); family life emphases; beginning of church school season.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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DUNDEE (Ravenscroft)

DUNDEE first appeared in the 1615 edition of the Scottish Psalter published in Edinburgh by Andro Hart. Called a "French" tune (thus it also goes by the name of FRENCH), DUNDEE was one of that hymnal's twelve "common tunes"; that is, it was not associated with a specific psalm. In the Psalter Hymnal…

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GRÄFENBERG

Composed by Johann Crüger (PHH 42) as a setting for Paul Gerhardt's "Nun danket all’ und bringet Ehr," GRÄFENBERG was first published in the 1647 edition of Crüger's Praxis Pietatis Melica. The tune is arbitrarily named after a water-cure spa in Silesia, Austria, which became famous in the 1820…

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WEYMOUTH

Theodore Parker Ferris (b. Port Chester, NY, 1908; d. 1972) composed WEYMOUTH in 1941 for H. C. Robbins's text "And Have the Bright Immensities"; the tune was published in The Hymnal 1940. Ferris named the tune for his summer hometown, Weymouth, Nova Scotia. Well-crafted with an effective rhythmic c…

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The Hymnal : published in 1895 and revised in 1911 by authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America : with the supplement of 1917 (1921), p.887

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Instances (5)	First Line	Text Title	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Title	Tune Key	Languages	Publication Date
Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #512	Let children hear the mighty deeds	Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; Bernhard Schumacher, 1866-1978	Johann Crüger, 1598-1662	8.6.8.6		NUN DANKET ALL	F Major or modal		1993
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #180	Let children hear the mighty deeds	Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds	I. Watts, 1674-1748; B. Schumacher, 1886-1978	J. Crüger, 1598-1662	8.6.8.6	Psalm 78	NUN DANKET ALL	F Major or modal	English	1996
Lutheran Service Book #867	Let children hear the mighty deeds	Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds	Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; Bernhard Schumacher, 1886-1978	Johann Crüger, 1598-1662	8.6.8.6	Psalm 78:5-8; Deuteronomy 4:9-10; Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19-20	NUN DANKET ALL	F Major or modal	English	2006
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #585	Let children hear the mighty deeds	Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds	Isaac Watts	Theodore P. Ferris	8.6.8.6 D	Psalm 78:1-7	WEYMOUTH	F Major	English	1987
Trinity Hymnal #364	Let children hear the mighty deeds	Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds	Isaac Watts		8.6.8.6	Psalm 78:1-7	DUNDEE	D Major	English	1990