My son, know thou the Lord
My son, know thou the Lord. Robert Carr Brackenbury* (1752-1818).
According to JJ, p. 1581, this was published anonymously in Rebecca Wilkinson’s Short Sermons for Children, To which are added Short Hymns suited to the Subject (ca. 1795), and with Brackenbury’s name in Joseph Benson’s Hymns of Children and Young Persons (1806). Benson (1749-1821) was an important figure in early Methodism.
The New York printing of this book in 1822 probably accounts for the hymn’s early popularity in the USA. Following its publication in Asahel Nettleton*’s Village Hymns for Social Worship* (Hartford, Connecticut, 1824) it was found in many books for children in the 19th century, but its message of...
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