Sing for Joy ‎#26

26. Dear Father, help me to forgive

1 Dear Father, help me to forgive,
As I would be forgiven:
Thus only can I pray to Thee,
Father, who art in heaven.

2 If some have done me grievous wrong,
What wrong things I have done!
But Thou hast taught us to forgive,
through Jesus Christ, Thy Son.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Father, help me to forgive
• Author: George Wallace Briggs
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Topic: Lent; God Cares for Me; Forgiveness; Me; Prayer; Right and Wrong

Tune Information

• Name: ST. FLAVIAN
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: John Day's Psalter, 1562