Father, now Thy sinful child

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1 Father, now your sinful child
through your love is reconciled.
By your pard'ning grace I live;
daily still I cry, forgive.

2 Lord, forgive me, day by day,
debts I cannot hope to pay,
duties I have left undone,
evils I have failed to shun.

3 Pardon, Lord, and are there those
who my debtors are, or foes?
I, who by forgiveness live,
here their trespasses forgive.

4 Much forgiven, may I learn
love for hatred to return;
then my heart assured shall be
you, my God, have pardoned me.

Source: Moravian Book of Worship #779

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First Line: Father, now Thy sinful child
Copyright: Public Domain

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SAVANNAH (55432)

Robin Leaver, "The origins of the tune SAVANNAH," HSGBI Bulletin 153, vol. 10, no. 1 (January 1982), pp. 26–30.

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