13 | CPWI Hymnal#14 | 15 |
Text: | Father Divine, I come to thee |
Author: | George Matheson, 1842-1906 |
Tune: | MOTHERLAND |
Composer: | T. Hutchinson, 1912- |
1 Father Divine, I come to thee,
I yield, a captive, to thy sway,
that love’s gold chain may set me free
for all the burden of the day.
2 I come not to avoid my care,
I come not to desert the strife;
I come to seek new strength to bear,
I fly to find new power for life.
3 Many there be that seek thy face
to meet the hour of parting breath,
but ’tis for earth I need thy grace—
life is more solemn still than death.
4 When morning gilds the porch of day,
I feel so vile amid the glow
that I should faint, didst thou not say:
I make thee whiter than the snow.
5 When noontide brings its work to all,
I find my task so hard to be,
that I should sink, didst thou not call,
my strength is perfected in thee.
6 When darkness leads the world to rest;
the silent burden of the night
would crush; but for thy message blest:
at evening time there shall be light.
7 O may these streams of golden light
to all my desert way be given,
till faith itself is lost in sight,
and days on earth be days of heaven.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Father Divine, I come to thee |
Author: | George Matheson, 1842-1906 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | Hymns for the Church Year: Evening |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MOTHERLAND |
Composer: | T. Hutchinson, 1912- |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Copyright: | © untraced |