See, Father, thy beloved Son

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See, Father, thy beloved Son

Author: W. H. H. Jervois
Tune: HYMNUS EUCHARISTICUS
Published in 4 hymnals

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1. See, Father, Thy belovèd Son,
Whom here we now present to Thee;
The all sufficient Sacrifice,
The sinner’s one and only plea.

2. Through Him we pray for all we love,
For all by pain or sin oppressed;
For souls departed in Thy fear:
O grant them eternal rest.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #6004

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Author: W. H. H. Jervois

Born: October 1852, Alderney, Channel Islands, United Kingdom (where his father was stationed) Died: August 5, 1905, St. Marylebone, London, England. Jervois, William Henry Hammond, M.A., was born in Oct. 1852 on the Isle of Alderney, where his father, W. F. D. Jervois, afterwards Lieut. General, was then stationed. He was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A. 1876, M.A. 1878), and was ordained D. 1878, P. 1879. He became Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster Square, London, in 1896, and died Aug. 5, 1905. He was, until his death, a member of the Committee who compiled The English Hymnal, 1906, and contributed to it:— 1. Father, see Thy children bending at Thy throne. Holy Communion. This was jointly with the Re… Go to person page >

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