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Text:Father--for Thou my Father art
Author:C. Wesley
Tune:VATER UNSER IN HEMMELREICH

239. Father--for Thou my Father art

1 Father--for Thou my Father art--
Send forth the Spirit of Thy Son;
Breathe Him into my longing heart,
And make me know as I am known:
Make me Thy conscious child, that I
May "Father, Abba Father," cry!

2 O that the Comforter would come!
Nor visit as a transient guest,
But fix in me His constant home,
And keep possession of my breast;
And make my soul His loved abode,
The temple of living God!

Text Information
First Line: Father--for Thou my Father art
Author: C. Wesley (1740, a.)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Sunday after Ascension; Whit-Sunday
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #373
Tune Information
Name: VATER UNSER IN HEMMELREICH
Meter: L. M.
Key: c minor
Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Luther? 1540



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