Common Praise ‎#422

422. Father of peace, and God of love

1 Father of peace, and God of love,
we own thy power to save,
that power by which our Shepherd rose
victorious o’er the grave.

2 Him from the dead thou brought’st again,
when, by his sacred blood,
confirmed and sealed for evermore
the eternal covenant stood.

3 O may thy Spirit seal our souls,
and mould them to thy will,
that our weak hearts no more may stray,
but keep thy precepts still;

4 That to perfection's sacred height
we nearer still may rise,
and all we think, and all we do,
be pleasing in thine eyes.

Text Information

• First Line: Father of peace, and God of love
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 1:2
  ;
  Ephesians 1:13
  ;
  Hebrews 13:20-21
  ;
  Philippians 2:13
• Topic: Trinity Sunday
• Source: Scottish Paraphrases, 1781

Tune Information

• Name: CAITHNESS
• Meter: CM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Scottish Psalter 1635; Harmonized by the editors of English Hymnal, 1906