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Text:O Father, when the softened heart
Author:Anon.
Tune:OMBERSLEY
Composer:William H. Gladstone

336. O Father, when the softened heart

1 O Father, when the softened heart
Is lifted up in prayer to Thee,
When earthly thoughts awhile depart
And leave the mounting spirit free,

2 Then teach us that our love like Thine
O’er all the realms of earth should flow,
A shoreless stream, a flood divine,
No lines of race or hue should know;—

3 Not bound by party, caste, or creed,
All narrow realms of self above;
For whoso of our love hath need,
To him we owe the dues of love.

4 Into the circle lift us up
Of Thy divine beneficence,
And freely as Thou fill’st our cup
Freely may we to all dispense.

Text Information
First Line: O Father, when the softened heart
Author: Anon.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1910
Tune Information
Name: OMBERSLEY
Composer: William H. Gladstone (1872)
Meter: L. M.



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