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O Gracious Father of Mankind
Author: Henry Hallam Tweedy Appears in 38 hymnals Topics: Guidance; The Holy Spirit; Prayer Used With Tune: ST. LEONARD
O Gracious Father of Mankind
ST. LEONARD (Hiles)
Appears in 230 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Hiles Incipit: 12432 21112 22222 Used With Text: O gracious Father of mankind
ST. LEONARD (Hiles)
O Gracious Father of Mankind
Author: Henry H. Tweedy (1868-1953) Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #497 (1985) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: O gracious Father of mankind, Our spirits' unseen friend Lyrics: 1 O gracious Father of mankind,
Our spirits’ unseen friend;
High heaven’s Lord, our hearts’ dear guest,
To Thee our prayers ascend.
Thou dost not wait till human speech
Thy gifts divine implore;
Our dreams, our aims, our work, our lives
Are prayers Thou lovest more.
2 Thou hearest these, the good and ill,
Deep buried in each breast;
The secret thought, the hidden plan,
Wrought out our unexpressed.
O cleanse our prayers from human dross,
Attune our lives to Thee,
Until we labor for those gifts
We ask on bended knee.
3 Our best is but Thyself in us,
Our highest thought Thy will;
To hear Thy voice we need but love,
And listen, and be still.
We would not bend Thy will to ours,
But blend our wills to Thine;
Not beat with cries on heaven's doors,
But live Thy life divine.
4 Thou seekest us in love and truth
More than our minds seek Thee;
Through open gates Thy power flows in
Like flood tides from the sea.
No more we seek Thee from afar,
Nor ask Thee for a sign,
Content to pray in life and love
And toil, till all are Thine. Topics: Christan Life Meditation and Prayer Tune Title: HALIFAX
O Gracious Father of Mankind
O Gracious Father of Mankind
Author: Henry H. Tweedy Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4843 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1. O gracious Father of mankind,
Our spirits’ unseen friend,
High Heaven’s Lord, our hearts’ dear guest,
To Thee our prayers ascend.
Thou dost not wait till human speech
Thy gifts divine implore;
Our dreams, our aims, our work, our lives
Are prayers Thou lovest more.
2. Thou hearest these, the good and ill,
Deep buried in each breast;
The secret thought, the hidden plan,
Wrought out or unexpressed.
O cleanse our prayers from human dross,
Attune our lives to Thee,
Until we labor for those gifts
We ask on bended knee.
3. Our best is but Thyself in us,
Our highest thoughts Thy will;
To hear Thy voice we need but love,
To listen, and be still.
We would not bend Thy will to ours,
But blend our wills to Thine;
Not beat with cries on Heaven’s doors,
But live Thy life divine.
4. Thou seekest us in love and truth
More than our minds seek Thee;
Through open gates Thy power flows in
Like flood tides from the sea.
No more we seek Thee from afar,
Nor ask Thee for a sign,
Content to pray in life and love
And toil, till all are Thine. Languages: English Tune Title: GOSHEN
O Gracious Father of Mankind
O Gracious Father of Mankind
Author: Henry Hallam Tweedy Hymnal: A Hymnal for Friends #55 (1955) Tune Title: ST. LEONARD
O Gracious Father of Mankind
Henry Hallam Tweedy
1868 - 1953 Author of "O Gracious Father of Mankind" in A Hymnal for Friends Born: August 5, 1868, Binghamton, New York.
Died: April 11, 1953, Brattleboro, Vermont.
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, New Fairfield, Connecticut.
Tweedy attended Phillips Andover Academy, Yale University (BA & MA), Union Theological Seminary, and the University of Berlin. Ordained a Congregationalist minister in 1898, he pastored at Plymouth Church, Utica, New York (1892-1902), and South Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut (1902-09). He then became Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School (1909-37). He taught liturgy, music, and the arts, and was interested in religious architecture. His works include:
The Minister and His Hymnal
Christian Worship and Praise, 1939
Lyrics:
"Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds"
"O Gracious Father of Mankind"
"O Spirit of the Living God"
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Henry Hallam Tweedy
George Frideric Handel
1685 - 1759 Person Name: George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) Composer of "HALIFAX" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hymnals. A number of hymnal editors, including Lowell Mason, took themes from some of Handel's oratorios and turned them into hymn tunes; ANTIOCH is one example, long associated with “Joy to the World.”
Bert Polman
George Frideric Handel
Winfred Douglas
1867 - 1944 Person Name: Winfred Douglas (1867-1944) Arranger of "HALIFAX" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Charles Winfred Douglas (b. Oswego, NY, 1867; d. Santa Rosa, CA, 1944), an influential leader in Episcopalian liturgical and musical life. Educated at Syracuse University and St. Andrews Divinity School, Syracuse, New York, he moved to Colorado for his health. There he studied at St. Matthew's Hall, Denver, and founded the Mission of the Transfiguration in Evergreen (1897). Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1899, he also studied in France, Germany and England, where he spent time with the Benedictines of Solesmes on the Island of Wight from 1903 to 1906. For much of his life, Douglas served as director of music at the Community of St. Mary in Peekskill, New York, and had associations with cathedrals in Denver, Colorado, and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He promoted chanting and plainsong in the Episcopal Church through workshops and publications such as The American Psalter (1929), the Plainsong Psalter (1932), and the Monastic Diurnal (1932). His writings include program notes for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, various hymn preludes; organ, as well as the book, Church Music in History and Practice (1937). He was editor of both the Hymnal 1916 and its significant successor, Hymnal 1940, of the Episcopal Church. Douglas's other achievements include a thorough knowledge of the life and culture of Hopi and Navajo natives, among whom he lived for a number of years.
Bert Polman
Winfred Douglas
