106A | The Hymnbook#107 | 108 |
Text: | Father, Long Before Creation |
Translator: | Francis P. Jones |
Tune: | MILLER CHAPEL |
Composer: | David Hugh Jones |
1 Father, long before creation
Thou hadst chosen us in love;
And that love, so deep, so moving,
Draws us close to Christ above.
Still it keeps us, Still it keeps us,
Firmly fixed in Christ alone.
2 Though the world may change its fashion,
Yet our· God is e'er the same;
His compassion and His covenant
Through all ages will remain.
God's own children, God's own children,
Must forever praise His name.
3 God's compassion is my story,
Is my boasting all the day;
Mercy free and never failing
Moves my will, directs my way.
God so loved us, God so loved us,
That His only Son He gave.
4 Loving Father, now before Thee
We will ever praise Thy love;
And our song will sound unceasing
Till we reach our home above,
Giving glory, Giving glory,
To our God and to the Lamb.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Father, long before creation |
Title: | Father, Long Before Creation |
Translator: | Francis P. Jones (1953) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. 4. 4. 7. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God: Love and Fatherhood; God the Father: His Love and Fatherhood |
Source: | Chinese: anon., c. 1952 |
Copyright: | Words used by permission of the translator. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MILLER CHAPEL |
Composer: | David Hugh Jones (1954) |
Meter: | 8. 7. 8. 7. 4. 4. 7. |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Music copyright, 1954, by John Ribble. |