283. Father, We Thank Thee

1 Father, we thank Thee who hast planted
Thy holy Name within our hearts.
Knowledge and faith and life immortal
Jesus Thy Son to us imparts.
Thou, Lord, didst make all for Thy pleasure,
didst give man food for all his days,
giving in Christ the Bread eternal;
Thine is the pow'r, be Thine the praise.

2 Watch o'er Thy church, O Lord, in mercy,
save it from evil, guard it still.
Perfect it in Thy love, unite it,
cleansed and conformed unto Thy will.
As grain, once scattered on the hillsides,
was in this broken bread made one,
so from all lands Thy church be gathered
into Thy kingdom by Thy Son.

Text Information
First Line: Father, we thank Thee, who hast planted
Title: Father, We Thank Thee
Translator: Bland Tucker (1941)
Meter: 9.8.9.8.D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2017
Topic: Communion
Source: Greek, from the Didache
Notes: © 1943, 1961, 1981 The Church Pension Fund
Tune Information
Name: RENDEZ À DIEU
Composer: Louis Bourgeois (1543)
Meter: 9.8.9.8.D
Key: G Major



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