The Hymnal ‎#89

89. Father and Friend! Thy light, Thy love

1 Father and Friend! Thy light, Thy love,
Beaming through all Thy works we see;
Thy glory gilds the heavens above,
And all the earth is full of Thee.

2 Thy voice we hear, Thy presence feel,
While Thou, too pure for mortal sight,
Involved in clouds, invisible,
Reignest the Lord of life and light.

3 We know not in what hallowed part
Of the wide heavens Thy throne may be,
But this we know, that where Thou art,
Strength, wisdom, goodness dwell with Thee.

4 Thy children shall not faint nor fear,
Sustained by this exalted thought;
Since Thou, their God, art everywhere,
They cannot be where Thou art not!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Father and Friend! Thy light, Thy love
• Author: John Bowring (1825)
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: God the Father: His Love and Fatherhood; God: Love and Fatherhood, His; God: Presence, His Abiding; Trust and Confidence

Tune Information

• Name: QUEBEC
• Composer: Henry Baker (1862)
• Meter: L. M.
• Incipit: 33351 22355 54234
• Key: F Major