The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16527

16527. 'Tis God The Father We Adore

1 ’Tis God the Fa­ther we ad­ore
In this bap­tis­mal sign;
’Tis He whose voice on Jor­dan’s shore
Proclaimed the Son di­vine.

2 The Fa­ther owned Him; let our breath,
In an­swer­ing praise, as­cend,
As in the im­age of His death
We own our heav’n­ly friend.

3 We seek the con­se­crat­ed grave
Along the path He trod;
Receive us in the hal­lowed wave,
Thou ho­ly Son of God.

4 Let earth and Heav’n our zeal re­cord,
And fu­ture wit­ness bear,
That we to Zi­on’s migh­ty Lord
Our full al­le­giance swear.

5 O that our con­scious souls may own,
With joy’s se­rene sur­vey,
Inscribed up­on His judg­ment throne,
The tran­script of this day.

Text Information

• First Line: ’Tis God the Fa­ther we ad­ore
• Title: 'Tis God The Father We Adore
• Author: Maria G. Saffery
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalmist by Baron Stow & Samuel F. Smith (Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1843)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: BALERMA by François H. Barthélémon

Tune Information

• Name: ST. STEPHEN
• Composer: William Jones
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal