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Text:Children of the Heavenly Father
Author:Caroline V. Sandell-Berg
Translator:Ernst W. Olson
Tune:TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA

69. Children of the Heavenly Father

1 Children of the heavenly Father
safely in His bosom gather;
nestling bird nor star in heaven
such a refuge e’er was given.

2 Neither life nor death shall ever
from the Lord His children sever;
unto them His grace He showeth,
and their sorrows all He knoweth.

3 Though He giveth or He taketh,
God His children ne'er forsaketh;
His the loving purpose solely
to preserve them pure and holy.

Text Information
First Line: Children of the heavenly Father
Title: Children of the Heavenly Father
Author: Caroline V. Sandell-Berg (1855)
Translator: Ernst W. Olson (1925)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: God the Father: Sustainer; Faith and Trust; God-Love
Copyright: © 1925 Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America (Admin. by Augsburg Fortress)
Notes: Now Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA
Meter: LM
Key: D Major
Source: Traditional Swedish melody



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