Scripture Verse

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words…thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children. Deuteronomy 6:5–7

Introduction

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Lizzie DeArmond (1847–1936)

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Words: Liz­zie De­Ar­mond, in New Songs of Praise, by Al­fred E. Hel­ton et al. (Le­noir, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1913), num­ber 1. This song is a touch­ing re­min­der of how im­port­ant it is to lead our child­ren to Christ, and pray for them: The les­sons we teach, and the ex­amp­les we set, last a life­time. And long­er.

Music: George W. Ba­con (🔊 pdf nwc).

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George W. Bacon
(1868–1940)

Lyrics

I thought of you, mother, when tempt­ed to stray,
When far from my Sav­ior I wan­dered away;
In all the rough plac­es it kept my life true,
Because of your mes­sage, I’m pray­ing for you!

Refrain

I thought of you, mo­ther, I thought of you, mo­ther,
The love nev­er fail­ing, that fol­lowed your son;
I thought of you, mo­ther, I thought of you, mo­ther,
My soul for the Sav­ior your pure life has won.

I thought of you, mot­her, tho’ long I have trod
The path­way that led me from home and from God;
Your trust nev­er fail­ing, your won­der­ful love,
Are guid­ing my foot­steps to Je­sus ab­ove.

Refrain

I thought of you, mo­ther—no more will I roam;
The an­gels are shout­ing, A sin­ner’s come home!
When safe I am stand­ing at Heav­en’s bright goal,
I’ll look for the mo­ther whose faith saved my soul.

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