When daily I kneel down to pray

When daily I kneel down to pray

Author: Jane Taylor
Tune: WANDERING THOUGHTS
Published in 61 hymnals

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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.



Source: Kind Words: a new collection of hymns and tunes for sunday schools and the social circle #28

Author: Jane Taylor

Taylor, Jane, the younger of two sisters, was born at London, Sept. 23, 1783. Her gift in writing verse displayed itself at an early age. Her first piece was printed in the Minor's Pocket Book for 1804. Her publications included Display, a tale, 1815; Essays in Rhymes, 1816; and the posthumous work edited by her brother, entitled The Contributions of Q. Q., 1824, being pieces in prose and verse from the Youth's Magazine, to which she had contributed under the signature of "Q. Q." She died at Ongar, Essex, April 13, 1824. Her Memoir and Poetical Remains, were published by her father in 1825. The joint productions of the two sisters, Ann Taylor Gilbert & Jane Taylor, were:-- (1) Original Poems, 1805; (2) Hymns for the Nursery, 1806; (3) Hym… Go to person page >

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First Line: When daily I kneel down to pray
Author: Jane Taylor
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Church hymnal #474

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A Collection of Hymns #385

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #635

Boston Sunday School Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d127

Canadian Sabbath-School Hymn Book #d275

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #95

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #95

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Hymns additional to the Hymns in the Prayer Book #252

Hymns for Children and Youth #d41

Hymns for Children and Youth #d53

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Hymns for Church and Home #367

Hymns for Infant Minds. Armstrong's 2nd ed. #d62

Hymns for Schools and Families #d542

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #350

Hymns for Sunday School Worship #d86

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Selected from Various Authoors #d239

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #164

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #164

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Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #168

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d498

Juvenile Psalmody. Second ed. #d41

Kind Words #d110

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Kind Words #28

Liturgy and Hymns for Sunday Schools #d188

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Mission Songs #25

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New Union Hymns #514

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One Hundred Progressive Hymns #25

Portsmouth Sunday School Hymn Book #d185

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d332

Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d304

Sabbath School Psalmody #d53

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Songs for the Sabbath School and Vestry #S19

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Songs for the Sabbath School and Vestry #S7

Sunday School Hymn Book #d179

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Sunday School Hymn Book. (19th ed) #55

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #152b

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The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #145

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d467

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The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book #99

The Canadian Warbler #d186

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d402

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d394

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The Child's Song Book #98b

The Church Hymn Book #d1133

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The Infant-School Hymn-Book #2

The Millennial Harp #d510

The Philharmonia #d471

The Prayer Meeting Hymn Book #d287

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The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #32b

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d327

The Social Harp #d341

The Social Harp. Rev. #d415

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #456

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Twilight Zephyrs #86a

Union Hymns. Rev. #d456

Union Hymns. Rev. #d470

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