FIRST COMMANDMENT

FIRST COMMANDMENT

Composer: William Howard Doane, 1832-1915
Published in 13 hymnals


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Composer: William Howard Doane, 1832-1915

An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: FIRST COMMANDMENT
Composer: William Howard Doane, 1832-1915
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 33543 45153 65432
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1469
Text: Father, Lead Thy Little Children
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Instances

Instances (1 - 13 of 13)

Happy Songs for Boys and Girls #7

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Light and Life Songs No. 4 #186

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Light and Life Songs #195

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Little Branches No. 2 #3

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Little Pilgrim Songs #34

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Our Glad Hosanna #113

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Song and Study for God's Little Ones #102

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Sunny-Side Songs for Sunday Schools #112

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The Bright Array #55

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The Cyber Hymnal #1469

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The Epworth Hymnal #279

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The Gospel Trumpet #52

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The Primary and Junior Hymnal #71

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