God of the forests, fields, and floods

Top Text Author Text Info Tune Page Scans Instances

God of the forests, fields, and floods

Author: William Hunter
Tune: AN EVENING HYMN IN THE WILDERNESS
Published in 1 hymnal

Representative Text

1 God of the forests, fields, and floods,
Thy care be round us spread:
As tenants of the pathless woods,
We rest our weary head.

2 The clouds and storms by thee are led--
By thee the beasts of prey
With daily care are ruled and fed,
And thee they must obey.

3 Thine eyes look down from heaven above,
With sleepless tender grace;
Oh! let us share thy guardian love
And rest in thine embrace.

Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #39

All representative texts • Compare texts ^ top

Author: William Hunter

Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1… Go to person page >

^ top