Father of all, to Thee, With loving hearts we pray

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Father of all, to Thee, With loving hearts we pray

Author: John Julian (1874)
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1 Father of all, to Thee,
With loving hearts we pray,
Through Him, in mercy given,
The Life, the Truth, the Way;
From heaven, Thy throne, in mercy shed
Thy blessings on each bended head.

2 Father of all, to Thee,
Our contrite hearts we raise,
Unstrung by sin and pain,
Long voiceless in Thy praise;
Breathe Thou the silent chords along,
Until they tremble into song.

3 Father of all, to Thee,
we breathe unuttered fears,
Deep-hidden in our souls,
That have no voice but tears;
Take Thou our hand, and through the wild
Lead gently on, each trembling child.

4 Father of all, may we
In praise our tongues employ,
When gladness fills the soul
With deep and hallowed joy;
In storm and calm give us to see
The path of peace, which leads to Thee.

Amen.

The Hymnal: Published by the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1895

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Author: John Julian

Born: January 27, 1839, St. Agnes, Cornwall. Died: January 22, 1913, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England. Educated privately, Julian graduated from Durham University (MA 1887), Lambeth (DD 1894), and Howard University in Washington, DC (LLD 1894). He took Holy Orders in 1866, and served as Vicar of Wincobank (1876-1905) and Vicar of Topcliff, Yorkshire (1905-). However, he is best known as a hymnologist. The standard reference work in this field is his massive Dictionary of Hymnology: Origin and History of Christian Hymns and Hymnwriters of All Ages and Nations, Together with Biographical and Critical Notic�… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Father of all, to Thee, With loving hearts we pray
Author:	John Julian (1874)
Meter:	6.6.6.6.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Father of all, to Thee; With loving hearts we pray. J. Julian. [Lent.] Written in 1874, and published in Thring's Collection, 1882, and again in others.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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