The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2364

2364. Hail Father, Whose Creating Call

1. Hail, Father, whose creating call
Unnumbered worlds attend;
Jehovah, comprehending all,
Whom none can comprehend!

2. In light unsearchable enthroned,
Whom angels dimly see,
The fountain of the Godhead owned,
And foremost of the Three.

3. From Thee, through an eternal now,
The Son, Thine offspring, flowed;
An everlasting father Thou,
An everlasting God.

4. Nor quite displayed to worlds above,
Nor quite on earth concealed;
By wondrous, unexhausted love,
To mortal man revealed.

5. Supreme and all-sufficient God,
When nature shall expire,
And worlds created by Thy nod
Shall perish by Thy fire.

6. Thy name, Jehovah, be adored
By creatures without end,
Whom none but Thy essential Word
And Spirit comprehend.

Text Information

• First Line: Hail, Father, whose creating call
• Title: Hail Father, Whose Creating Call
• Author: Samuel Wesley, Jr. (1736)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems on Several Occasions, 1736
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SEMPER ASPECTEMUS
• Composer: John Hornsey Casson (1875)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 55433 32156 71765
• Key: E Major
• Copyright: Public Domain