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Text: | We come unto our fathers' God |
Author: | T. H. Gill |
Tune: | HALLE |
Composer: | H. Kugelmann |
1 We come unto our fathers' God:
Their Rock is our salvation;
Th' eternal arms, their dear abode,
We make our habitation;
We bring Thee, Lord, the praise they brought,
We seek Thee as Thy saints have sought
In every generation.
2 The fire divine their steps that led
Still goeth bright before us,
The heav'nly shield, around them spread,
Is still high holden o'er us;
The grace those sinners that subdued,
The strength those weaklings that renewed,
Doth vanquish, doth restore us.
3 Their joy unto their Lord we bring,
Their song to us descendeth;
The Spirit who in them did sing
To us His music lendeth:
His song in them, in us, is one;
We raise it high, we send it on
The song that never endeth.
4 Ye saints to come, take up the strain,
The same sweet theme endeavour;
Unbroken be the golden chain!
Keep on the song for ever!
Safe in the same dear dwelling-place,
Rich with the same eternal grace,
Bless the same boundless Giver.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We come unto our fathers' God |
Author: | T. H. Gill |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1920 |
Topic: | Holy Days: National Days |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HALLE |
Composer: | H. Kugelmann |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.8.7. |
Key: | F Major or modal |