The Psalter ‎#215

215. Religious Training

1 O come, my people, to my law
Attentively give ear;
With willing heart and teachable
The words of wisdom hear.

2 My mouth shall speak in parables
Of hidden truths of old,
Which, handed down from age to age,
To us our fathers told.

3 We will not from their children hide
Jehovah's worthy praise,
But tell the greatness of His strength,
His wondrous works and ways.

4 A testimony and a law
The Lord our God decreed,
And bade our fathers teach their sons,
That they His ways might heed.

5 He willed that each succeeding race
His deeds might learn and know,
That children's children to their sons
Might all these wonders show.

6 Let children learn God's righteous ways
And on Him stay their heart,
That they may not forget His works
Nor from His ways depart.

Text Information

• First Line: O come, my people, to my law
• Title: Religious Training
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1912
• Scripture:
  Psalm 78
• Topic: Children: Instruction of; Christ: Providences of; Family; Glory of God: In Providence; God: Works of; Gospel: Gracious Fruit of; Gospel: Invitations of; Heart: Good, Perfect, Pure and Upright; Law of God; Miracles; Parents and Children; The Past; Royalty of Christ: In His Church
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Selected stanzas

Tune Information

• Name: HEBER
• Composer: George Kingsley
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.