“Love’s sweet lesson” has never been presented more beautifully to the young than in this lyric from Miss Leeson’s _Hymns and Scenes of Childhood_, 1842, where it is entitled “Obedience.” The Scriptural basis is I John 4:19: “We love him because he first loved us.” For comments on the author, Jane Eliza Leeson, see Hymn 298. _MUSIC._ POSEN is a short, vigorous tune which children, as well as adults, love to sing. The bass is no less interesting than the melody. The composer, George C. Strattner, 1650-1705, was an able German musician whose most important work consisted in editing the fifth edition of Joachim Neander’s _Collected Hymns_, with music, published 1691, in which POSEN first appeared. 425. Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me _Mary L. Duncan_, 1814-40 A beautiful evening prayer, written by the author for her own children. Mrs. Mary Duncan was the daughter of Rev. Robert Lundie, minister at Kelso, England. In 1836, she married the Rev. William Wallace Duncan, minister of the Scottish parish of Cleish. Between July and December of 1839, the year before her death, she wrote a number of hymns for her small children. These were published in a _Memoir_ by her mother and later issued separately—twenty-three in all—as _Rhymes for My Children_, 1842. Mrs. Duncan, whose life ended so prematurely, was a woman of fine intellect and lovable character, the memory of whom has been described as one of the “aids to the devout life” of Scotland in the last generation. Her sister married Dr. Horatius Bonar (Hymn 129), minister and hymn writer. _MUSIC._ EVENING PRAYER. For comments on the composer, John Stainer, see Hymn 111. The tune was composed for this hymn in the first edition of _The Church Hymnary_, London. 426. Praise Him! Praise Him! _Anonymous_ A simple song, of unknown origin, which tiny tots love to sing. The truth the song enforces—“God is love”—is one the child will carry into adulthood and into eternity. The tune is an arrangement by Hubert P. Main, 1839-1925, American composer of popular Sunday school and evangelistic music, and editor of many hymn books. For sixty years, Main was connected with the Bigelow and Main publishing house in Chicago, now out of business. His private library of song and hymn books, consisting of over 7,000 volumes, is one of the largest of its kind to be found anywhere. Nearly one-half of it is in the Chicago Public Library where it is known as the “Main Collection.” Among his most popular tunes are: “We shall Meet Beyond the River,” “The Bright Forever,” and “In the Fadeless Springtime.” 427. I think when I read that sweet story _Jemima Luke_, 1813-1906 A hymn that has gone all over the world and has been learned by a countless number of children of many nations and races. Concerning its origin, Mrs. Luke has written: