A Selection of Hymns: from the best authors, intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watt's psalms and hymns. (1st Am. ed.) XCII. Sovereign of all the worlds on high

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XCI

A Selection of Hymns‎#XCII

XCIII

Text:	Abba, Father
Author:	Dr. Doddridge

1 Sovereign of all the worlds on high,
Allow my humble claim;
Nor, while a worm would raise its head,
Disdain a father’s name.

2 Our father God! how sweet the sound!
How tender, and how dear;
Not all the harmony of heaven
Could so delight the ear.

3 Come, sacred spirit, seal the name
On mine expanding heart;
And shew, that in Jehovah’s grace
I share a filial part.

4 Cheer'd by a signal so divine,
Unwavering I believe;
And Abba, father, humbly cry,
Nor can the sign deceive.

Text Information
First Line:	Sovereign of all the worlds on high
Title:	Abba, Father
Author:	Dr. Doddridge
Meter:	C. M.
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1792
Scripture:	Galatians 4:6
Topic:	God: a Father