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My Purchased Files| Text: | The Greatest Commandments |
| Paraphraser: | Isaac Watts |
| Tune: | FARRANT |
| Arranger: | Edward Hodges |
| Composer (attributed to): | Richard Farrant |
| Composer (probably): | John Hilton |
344. The Greatest Commandments
1. Love God with all your soul and strength
With all your heart and mind,
And love your neighbor as yourself;
Be faithful, just, and kind.
2. Deal with another as you'd have
Another deal with you.
What you're unwilling to receive,
Be sure you never do.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Love God with all your soul and strength |
| Title: | The Greatest Commandments |
| Paraphraser: | Isaac Watts (1715) |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Ordinary Time: Week 26 |
| Notes: | Text by nonconformist minister Isaac Watts, from Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children (1715). |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | FARRANT |
| Composer (probably): | John Hilton |
| Composer (attributed to): | Richard Farrant |
| Arranger: | Edward Hodges (1847) |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
| Incipit: | 11232 142 |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Notes: | Tune FARRANT from the anthem “Lord, for thy tender mercies’ sake,” often attr. to Richard Farrant but probably by John Hilton, adapt. and arr. by Edward Hodges for W.H. Havergal’s Old Church Psalmody (1847), alt. |
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