Keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart.
Proverbs 6:20–21
Words: Lauchlan M. Watt, The Tryst: A Book of the Soul (Hodder & Stoughton, 1907).
Music: St. Quintin arranged from Henry Parr, 1834 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Parr (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
I bind my heart this tide
To the Galilean’s side,
To the wounds of Calvary,
To the Christ who died for me.
I bind my soul this day
To the brother far away,
And the brother near at hand,
In this town, and in this land.
I bind my heart to thrall
To the God, the Lord of all,
To the God, the poor man’s friend,
And the Christ whom He did send.
I bind myself to peace,
To make strife and envy cease,
God, knit Thou sure the cord
Of my thralldom to my Lord!