Hymns to the Living God ‎#283

283. Father, We Thank Thee

1 Father, we thank Thee who hast planted
Thy holy Name within our hearts.
Knowledge and faith and life immortal
Jesus Thy Son to us imparts.
Thou, Lord, didst make all for Thy pleasure,
didst give man food for all his days,
giving in Christ the Bread eternal;
Thine is the pow'r, be Thine the praise.

2 Watch o'er Thy church, O Lord, in mercy,
save it from evil, guard it still.
Perfect it in Thy love, unite it,
cleansed and conformed unto Thy will.
As grain, once scattered on the hillsides,
was in this broken bread made one,
so from all lands Thy church be gathered
into Thy kingdom by Thy Son.

Text Information

• First Line: Father, we thank Thee, who hast planted
• Title: Father, We Thank Thee
• Translator: Bland Tucker (1941)
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Topic: Communion
• Source: Greek, from the Didache
• Notes: © 1943, 1961, 1981 The Church Pension Fund

Tune Information

• Name: RENDEZ À DIEU
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois (1543)
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.D
• Key: G Major