Text: | Children of the Heavenly Father |
Author: | Caroline V. Sandell-Berg |
Translator: | Ernst W. Olson |
Tune: | TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 Children of the heavenly Father
safely in his bosom gather;
nestling bird nor star in heaven
such a refuge e'er was given.
2 God his own doth tend and nourish;
in his holy courts they flourish;
from all evil things he spares them;
in his mighty arms he bears them.
3 Neither life nor death shall ever
from the Lord his children sever;
unto them his grace he showeth,
and their sorrows all he knoweth.
4 Though he giveth or he taketh,
God his children ne'er forsaketh;
his the loving purpose solely
to preserve them pure and holy.
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First Line: | Children of the heavenly Father |
Title: | Children of the Heavenly Father |
Author: | Caroline V. Sandell-Berg (1855) |
Translator: | Ernst W. Olson (1925) |
Meter: | 88.88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Topic: | The Glory of the Triune God: Providence; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church: Funeral and Memorial Service; Adoration and Praise(7 more...) |
Copyright: | Trans © 1925, renewed 1953 Augsburg Fortress |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA |
Meter: | 88.88 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Swedish folk melody |
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Audio recording: | Sample |