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Text:Father, Let Thy Smiling Face
Author:Thomas V. Moore
Tune:HAVEN (Lemare)
Composer:Edwin Henry Lemare, 1865-1934
Media:MIDI file

1471. Father, Let Thy Smiling Face

1. Father, let Thy smiling face
Here within this holy place,
Sweetly shining on my heart,
Bid all sinful thoughts depart.

2. Jesus, Thou whose ceaseless love
Intercedes for us above,
Bend to me Thy listening ear,
Make my wayward heart sincere.

3. Comforter of all the saints,
Gently heal my soul’s complaints;
May a foretaste now be given
Of the Sabbath day of Heaven.

Text Information
First Line: Father, let Thy smiling face
Title: Father, Let Thy Smiling Face
Author: Thomas V. Moore (1866)
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HAVEN (Lemare)
Composer: Edwin Henry Lemare, 1865-1934
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 34326 23216 71433
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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