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Text:Let children hear the mighty deeds
Author:Rev. Isaac Watts
Tune:DUNDEE

479. Let children hear the mighty deeds

1 Let children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make His glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we'll convey His wonders down
Through each succeeding race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs;
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus shall they learn in God alone
Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne'er forget His works,
But practice His commands.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Let children hear the mighty deeds
Author: Rev. Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Scripture:
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Tune Information
Name: DUNDEE
Meter: C. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: "Scottish Psalter," 1615



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