4 verses in 4/4 time to be sung joyfully
The text was written by Isaac Watts, He was born July 17,1674 in Southampton, Hampshire, England He was a prolific writer having created 750 hymns and is called the "Godfather of English Hymnody". One of his poems include:
AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!
How skilfully she builds her cell!
How neat she spreads the wax!
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.
In works of labour or of skill
I would be busy too:
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
In books, or work, or healthful play
Let my first years be past,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.
The tune name is St. Thomas
Related topics include: Music and Song, Worship, Jesus Christ
Isaiah 12:5 Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!
How skilfully she builds her cell!
How neat she spreads the wax!
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.
In works of labour or of skill
I would be busy too:
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
In books, or work, or healthful play
Let my first years be past,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.
He died November 25, 1748
It was composed by Aaron Williams, 1731-1776
It was composed by Aaron Williams, 1731-1776
He was born in Caldicot, Monmouthshire
The tune name is St. Thomas
Related topics include: Music and Song, Worship, Jesus Christ
Isaiah 12:5 Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
