The phrase "parents" resonates through 18 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Where children early speak His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.
Happy the home where prayer is heard,...
Where children early speak His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.
Happy the home where prayer is heard,
...A willing echo seeks.
Obey your parents in the Lord.
In the Lord, in the Lord....
A willing echo seeks.
Obey your parents in the Lord.
In the Lord, in the Lord.
...Children in years and knowledge young,
Your parents’ hope, your parents’ joy,
Attend the counsels of my tongue,...
Children in years and knowledge young,
Your parents’ hope, your parents’ joy,
Attend the counsels of my tongue,
...The wicked child, who often heard
His pious parents speak of Thee,
And fled from every serious word,...
The wicked child, who often heard
His pious parents speak of Thee,
And fled from every serious word,
...Ask you if I’m on the way,
You may tell my dear old parents I’ll be there.
You may tell them I’ll be there,...
Ask you if I’m on the way,
You may tell my dear old parents I’ll be there.
You may tell them I’ll be there,
...For the gifts He sends;
For our loving parents,
Happy home and friends....
For the gifts He sends;
For our loving parents,
Happy home and friends.
...Father of all! before Thy throne,
Grateful but anxious parents bow;
Look in paternal mercy down,...
Father of all! before Thy throne,
Grateful but anxious parents bow;
Look in paternal mercy down,
...And wash them in Thy blood.
Thus to the parents and their seed
Shall Thy salvation come,...
And wash them in Thy blood.
Thus to the parents and their seed
Shall Thy salvation come,
...Growing in wisdom and growing in stature,
Trying our parents each day to obey,
We, little children, may be like the Christ Child,...
Growing in wisdom and growing in stature,
Trying our parents each day to obey,
We, little children, may be like the Christ Child,
...Amidst the flames confined!
The child, perhaps, the parents view,
Go headlong down to hell:...
Amidst the flames confined!
The child, perhaps, the parents view,
Go headlong down to hell:
...Ye sons of Adam, fly;
Our parents found the snare too strong,
Nor should the children try....
Ye sons of Adam, fly;
Our parents found the snare too strong,
Nor should the children try.
...Instruct this heart to pray.
Low in the dust my parents lie,
And no attentive ear is nigh...
Instruct this heart to pray.
Low in the dust my parents lie,
And no attentive ear is nigh
...O God, my Savior, leave me not;
Though parents should forsake,
The Lord, within His arms of love,...
O God, my Savior, leave me not;
Though parents should forsake,
The Lord, within His arms of love,
...And help us live the life divine.
Kind teachers, parents, children dear,
In union sweet all mingle here;...
And help us live the life divine.
Kind teachers, parents, children dear,
In union sweet all mingle here;
...The Son of God His glory hides
With parents mean and poor;
And He who made the heav’n abides...
The Son of God His glory hides
With parents mean and poor;
And He who made the heav’n abides
...It was that I might learn from Him
My parents to obey,
And, like the Child of Nazareth,...
It was that I might learn from Him
My parents to obey,
And, like the Child of Nazareth,
...‘Twas in a dark unguarded hour,
That our first parents felt his power;
Soft innocence and virtue fell...
‘Twas in a dark unguarded hour,
That our first parents felt his power;
Soft innocence and virtue fell
...The path of Thy command.
With more than earthly parents’ care,
Do Thou their steps attend;...
The path of Thy command.
With more than earthly parents’ care,
Do Thou their steps attend;
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