The Promise of the Father

Representative Text

1 Father, glorify Thy Son;
Answer His prevailing prayer;
Send that Intercessor down,
Send that other Comforter,
Whom believingly we claim,
Whom we ask in Jesus’ name.

2 Wilt Thou not the promise seal,
True and gracious as Thou art,
Send the Comforter to dwell
Every moment in our heart?
Yes, Thou must the grace bestow:
Jesus said, it shall be so.

Source: Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #238

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Father, glorify Thy Son
Title: The Promise of the Father
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

KEINE SCHÖNHEIT HAT DIE WELT (55623)


DIX (Kocher)

An early form of the tune DIX was composed by Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872). Trained as a teacher, Kocher moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him t…

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d193

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d194

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d193

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #202

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #192

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #658

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A Collection of Hymns #659

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d61

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Chautauqua Carols #37

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Church Book #238

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Church Book #238

Family and Social Melodies #d88

Harmonia Ecclesiae #d58

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d99

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #218

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #218

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #192

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d176

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Methodist Hymn-Book #195

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Methodist Tune Book #282

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New Hymn and Tune book #339e

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New Hymn and Tune Book #339e

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Precious Gems No. 1 #111

Songs of the Spirit #d137

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The Cyber Hymnal #1466

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The Heart and Voice #309d

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #244

The Saints' Harp #d248

The Temple Harp #d81

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