Father of men, who can complain

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Father of men, who can complain

Author: Anonymous
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Father of men, who can complain
Under thy mild and equal reign?
Who does a weight of duty share
More than his aids and pow'r can bear?

2 With diff'ring climes and diff'ring lands,
With fruitful plains and barren sands,
Thy hand hath form'd this earthly round,
And set each nation in its bound.

3 With like variety thy ray
Here sheds a full, there fainter day,
While all are in their measure show'd
The way to happiness and God.

4 O the unbounding grace which brought
To us the words by Jesus taught!
So blest and with such hopes inspir'd,
How much is giv'n, how much requir'd!

Source: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #LX

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Author: Anonymous

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