{"slug": "let-children-hear-the-mighty-deeds", "title": "Let Children Hear The Mighty Deeds", "first_line": "Let children hear the mighty deeds Which God performed", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1908", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Bride", "Bridegroom", "Christian Home", "Family", "Commitment", "Love"], "scripture": ["John 2:1-11", "Isaiah 62:1-5", "Revelation 19:6-9", "Matthew 19:6"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:299; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1908).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "let_children_hear_the_mighty_deeds", "total_instances": 180}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Let child -- ren hear the might -- y deeds Which God per -- formed of old; Which in our young -- er years we saw, And which our fa -- thers told.", "prose": ["Let children hear the mighty deeds", "Which God performed of old;", "Which in our younger years we saw,", "And which our fathers told."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "He bids us make His glo -- ries known, His works of pow'r and grace; And we'll con -- vey His won -- ders down Through ev -- ery ris -- ing race.", "prose": ["He bids us make His glories known,", "His works of pow'r and grace;", "And we'll convey His wonders down", "Through every rising race."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they a -- gain to theirs; That gen -- er -- a -- tions yet un -- born May teach them to their heirs.", "prose": ["Our lips shall tell them to our sons,", "And they again to theirs;", "That generations yet unborn", "May teach them to their heirs."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thus shall they learn in God a -- lone Their hope se -- cure -- ly stands, That they may ne'er for -- get His work But prac -- tice His com -- mands.", "prose": ["Thus shall they learn in God alone", "Their hope securely stands,", "That they may ne'er forget His work", "But practice His commands."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}