"My boy" appears in 6 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
My boy
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You’re starting, my boy, on life’s journey,
Along the grand highway of life;...
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You’re starting, my boy, on life’s journey,
Along the grand highway of life;
...The child of my love and prayer?
O where is my boy tonight?
O where is my boy tonight?...
The child of my love and prayer?
O where is my boy tonight?
O where is my boy tonight?
...I wish you to do.
Oh! listen, my boy,
While I say this to you—...
I wish you to do.
Oh! listen, my boy,
While I say this to you—
...But mother’s prayers are heard the same!
Come back, my boy, come back, I say,
And walk now in thy mother’s way;...
But mother’s prayers are heard the same!
Come back, my boy, come back, I say,
And walk now in thy mother’s way;
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Sit down by the side of your mother, my boy,
You have only a moment, I know;...
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Sit down by the side of your mother, my boy,
You have only a moment, I know;
...Peace, stormy soul! For his dear sake,
Be still—God owns my boy.
A strange, cold shadow comes and goes...
Peace, stormy soul! For his dear sake,
Be still—God owns my boy.
A strange, cold shadow comes and goes
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