373. O Father, in Your father-heart

1 O Father, in Your father-heart
we know our children have their part;
we sign them in Your threefold Name,
and by the sprinkled water claim
Your covenant in Christ revealed,
to us and to our children sealed.

2 Name of the Father, pledge that we
in You our inmost being see;
Name of the Son, whereby we know
the Father's love to all below;
Name of the Spirit, blessed sign
that now we share the life divine.

3 Fulfil Your covenant of love;
baptise our children from above;
Your best, Your highest gift impart,
the blessing of a childlike heart,
and mould them through life's strain and stress
to the full growth of perfectness.

Text Information
First Line: O Father, in Your father-heart
Author: Ella Sophia Armitage, 1841-1931 (alt.)
Meter: 88 88 88
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: Jesus Christ: Baptism
Tune Information
Name: SUSSEX CAROL
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: 88 88 88
Key: F Major
Source: English Traditional Melody
Copyright: Harm. © 1919 Stainer & Bell Ltd



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