3774. Like as a Mother Comforteth

1. Like as a mother comforteth
O words of gentle worth!
So will I comfort you, declares
The Lord of all the earth.

2. He bends in faithful watchfulness;
He slumbers not nor sleeps;
Above His trusting child the Lord
A constant vigil keeps.

3. He patient is, as mothers are
Who love their children well;
Our faults and failings He forgives;
His mercies—who can tell!

4. Like as a mother, grant, O God,
This likeness e’er may be
A holy symbol to declare
The love that dwells in Thee.

Text Information
First Line: Like as a mother comforteth
Title: Like as a Mother Comforteth
Author: William M. Runyan, 1870-1957
Meter: CM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BEATITUDO
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1875)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 12353 14367 13222
Key: G Major
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875
Copyright: Public Domain



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