Text: | Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee |
Author: | Charles Wesley (1707-1788) |
Tune: | AZMON |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason (1792-1872) |
Composer: | Carl Gotthelf Gläser, 1784-1829 |
1 Father, I stretch my hands to Thee,
No other help I know;
If Thou withdraw Thyself from me,
Ah, whither shall I go?
2 What did Thy only Son endure,
Before I drew my breath!
What pain, what labor to secure
My soul from endless death!
3 O Jesus, could I this believe,
I now should feel Thy pow'r;
Now my poor soul Thou wouldst retrieve,
Nor let me wait one hour.
4 Author of faith, to Thee I lift
My weary, longing eyes;
O may I now receive that gift,
My soul without it dies.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Father, I stretch my hands to Thee |
Title: | Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee |
Author: | Charles Wesley (1707-1788) (1741) |
Meter: | C.M. 8.6.8.6. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Supplication |
Notes: | I stretch forth my hands unto Thee. Ps. 143:6 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AZMON |
Composer: | Carl Gotthelf Gläser, 1784-1829 |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason (1792-1872) (1839) |
Meter: | C.M. 8.6.8.6. |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Notes: | M.M. 63 |