The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3774

3774. Like as a Mother Comforteth

1. Like as a mother comforteth
O words of gentle worth!
So will I comfort you, declares
The Lord of all the earth.

2. He bends in faithful watchfulness;
He slumbers not nor sleeps;
Above His trusting child the Lord
A constant vigil keeps.

3. He patient is, as mothers are
Who love their children well;
Our faults and failings He forgives;
His mercies—who can tell!

4. Like as a mother, grant, O God,
This likeness e’er may be
A holy symbol to declare
The love that dwells in Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Like as a mother comforteth
• Title: Like as a Mother Comforteth
• Author: William M. Runyan, 1870-1957
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: BEATITUDO
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1875)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 12353 14367 13222
• Key: G Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875
• Copyright: Public Domain