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Text:Father of our feeble race
Author:John Taylor
Tune:PLEYEL

476. Father of our feeble race

1 Father of our feeble race,
Wise, beneficent, and kind!
Spread o'er nature's ample face,
Flows Thy goodness unconfined.

2 Lord, what offerings shall we bring,
At Thine altars when we bow?
Grateful loving hearts, the spring
Whence the kind affections flow:

3 Willing hands to lead the blind,
Bind the wounded, feed the poor;
Love, embracing all our kind;
Charity, with liberal store.

4 Teach us, O Thou heavenly King,
Thus to show our grateful mind;
Thus the accepted offering bring,
Love to Thee and all mankind.

Text Information
First Line: Father of our feeble race
Author: John Taylor (1799, a.)
Meter: 7s.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Christian Life: Benevolence; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #29 or #63
Tune Information
Name: PLEYEL
Meter: 7s.
Key: G Major
Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Ignaz Pleyel, d. 1831



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