Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#337d

337d. Children of the Heavenly Father

1. Children of the heav'nly Father,
Safely in his bosom gather;
Nesting bird nor star in Heaven
Such a refuge e'er was given.

2. God his own does tend and nourish;
In his holy courts they flourish.
From all evil things he spares them;
In his mighty arms he bears them.

3. Neither life nor death shall ever
from the Lord his children sever;
Unto them his grace is showing,
And their sorrows all is knowing.

4. Lo, their very hairs he numbers,
And no daily care encumbers
Those who share his ev'ry blessing,
And his help in woes distressing.

5. Praise the Lord in joyful numbers;
Your protector never slumbers;
At the will of your Defender,
Every rival must surrender.

6. God has given, he has taken,
But his child is ne’er forsaken;
His the loving purpose solely
To preserve us, pure and holy.

Text Information

• First Line: Children of the heav'nly Father
• Title: Children of the Heavenly Father
• Swedish Title: Tryggare kan ingen vara
• Author: Lina Sandell (1855)
• Translator: Ernst W. Olson (1925)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  1 John 3:1
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 25; All Saints' Day
• Notes: Swedish text “Tryggare kan ingen vara” by Lina Sandell from Andeliga Daggdroppar (1855), tr. by Swedish-American editor Ernst W. Olson, from The Hymnal and Order of Service (1925).

Tune Information

• Name: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Incipit: 12335 332
• Key: D Major
• Notes: German folk tune, adapt. as Tryggare kan ingen vara in Melodier i Sifferskrift (1874), arr. as in Hemlandssånger (1892).