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Be you to others kind and true Our Saviour’s Golden Rule
Isaac Watts printed it in 1715 in Divine Songs for Children, Divine Songs, no. 32.
WRITTEN BY
Isaac Watts 1674–1748
PRINTED
1715 Divine Songs for Children · no. 32
METRE
Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 1 stanza
IN HYMNALS
6 listed at Hymnary.org
The hymn, and the Scripture in it
The hymn as Watts printed it, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.
SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes
3 echoes in 4 lines.
Its place in the book
Divine Songs holds these hymns in this order: 36 hymns. This is number 32. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.
NO. 32 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Be you to others kind and true
Where hymnals place it
Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 1 passage in 1 book. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.
Luke 1
LUKE 6:31
31Do to others as you would have them do to you.
a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (0)
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