Questions 1-10 of “A Primer Catechism” from A Puritan Bible Primer
May be sung to familiar Common Meter tunes such as Azmon, Arlington, New Britain, or Ortonville. Popular hymns sung to these meters are “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” “Am I a Soldier of the Cross,” “Amazing Grace,” or “Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned,” respectively.
8.6.8.6. C.M.
The Primer first asks, Who made you?
”God,” my answer sings;
What else did God make? is ask’d next:
Answer: God made all things.
Why did God make you and all things?
The answer is quite dear:
For His own glory, His alone,
It cannot be more clear.
And, How can God be glorified?
We’re ask’d quite candidly,
By loving Him; and His commands,
We’ll do obediently.
Why should I glorify my God?
That should be plain to see;
God made me, and that is not all,
He does take care of me.
Are there more Gods than one? I’m ask’d:
There is only one God.
We worship this one God of truth,
His way is straight, not broad.
How many Persons do exist
In God who is just one?
God in three Persons does exist:
Father, Spirit, and Son.
God is spirit and does not have
A body like men, so—
When someone asks me, Where is God?
He’s everywhere, you know.
