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You Parents Hear What Jesus Taught
- Words:
- Ludwig Helmbold (1532-1598). Translated by William M. Czamanske, 1939.
- Music:
- 'Herr Jesu Christ, Dict Zu Uns Wend' from Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628.
- Setting:
- "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8
- 1You parents, hear what Jesus taughtWhen little ones to him were brought:Forbid them not, but heed my pleaPermitting them to come to me.
- 2Obey your Lord and let his truthBe taught your children in their youthThat they in church and school may dwellAnd learn their Savior's praise to tell.
- 3For if you love them as you ought,To Christ your children will be brought.If thus you place them in his care,All in your family well shall fare.
Scripture
Topics
- Baptism
- Children (see also God's Children - the Faithful)
- Christian Home/Family
- Church on Earth (Church Militant)
- Discipleship
- Duty (see also Law)
- Education
- Following Jesus, In Faith
- Following Jesus, Sanctification
- Invitation (God's to Us)
- Jesus
- Love
- Obedience
- Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)
- Trust
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.