Let children that would fear the Lord

Let children that would fear the Lord

Author: Isaac Watts (1715)
Published in 40 hymnals

Representative Text

Let children that would fear the Lord
Hear what their teachers say;
With reverence meet their parents’ word,
And with delight obey.

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Have you not heard what dreadful plagues
Are threaten’d by the Lord,
To him that breaks his father’s law,
Or mocks his mother’s word?

What heavy guilt upon him lies!
How cursed is his name!
The ravens shall pick out his eyes,
And eagles eat the same.

But those who worship God, and give
Their parents honour due,
Here on this earth they long shall live,
And live hereafter, too.

Divine and Moral Songs, 1866

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Let children that would fear the Lord
Author: Isaac Watts (1715)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Divine and Moral Songs #HXXIII

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Divine Songs for Children #XXIII

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Divine Songs #23

Hymns for Children and Young Persons. First Am. from the London ed. #d77

Hymns for Schools and Families #d265

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #316

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Selected from Various Authoors #d121

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #250

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #250

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Hymns for the Use of Children #XXIII

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Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #280

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d231

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One Hundred Progressive Hymns #33

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d422

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 4th ed. #d110

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (14th stereotype ed.) #S177

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #S338

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #S177

Sabbath School Vocalist #d49

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Selection of Hymns for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church #118

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Selection of Hymns for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church #158

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Songs, Divine and Moral #96

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Sunday School Hymn Book. (19th ed) #159

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The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #410

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d210

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The Child's Hymn Book #141

The Children's Hymnal and Service Book #d103

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #434

The Church Hymn Book #d525

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The Congregational Hymn Book #895

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The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #271

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The Sabbath School Lute #97

The Sabbath School Lyre #d77

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The Sabbath School Lyre #68

The Sunday School Child's Hymn Book. Rev. #d19

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The Voice of Praise #747

Union Hymns. Rev. #d213

Union Hymns. Rev. #d217

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Watt's Divine Songs For the use of Children #23

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