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Text: | O Father, Thou who hast created all |
Author: | A. Knapp |
Tune: | [O Father, Thou who hast created all] |
Composer: | John Dahle |
1 O Father, Thou who hast created all
In wisest love, we pray,
Look on this babe, who at Thy gracious call
Is entering on life’s way;
Bend o’er him in his nothingness,
Thine image on his soul impress;
O Father, hear!
2 O Son of God, who diedst for us, behold,
We bring our child to Thee;
Thou tender Shepherd, take him to Thy fold,
Thine own for aye to be;
Defend him through this earthly strife,
And lead him in the way of life,
O Son of God!
3 O Holy Ghost, who broodest o’er the wave,
Descend upon this child;
Give him undying life, his spirit lave
With waters undefiled;
Grant him from earliest years to be
Thy learner apt, a home for Thee,
O Holy Ghost!
4 O Triune God, what Thou command’st is done;
We speak, but Thine the might;
This child hath scarce yet seen our earthly sun,
Yet pour on him Thy light,
In faith and hope, in joy and love,
Thou Sun of all below, above,
O Triune God!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Father, Thou who hast created all |
Author: | A. Knapp (1841) |
Meter: | 10, 6, 10, 6, 8, 8, 4. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | The Means of Grace: Baptism |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O Father, Thou who hast created all] |
Composer: | John Dahle (1911) |
Meter: | 10, 6, 10, 6, 8, 8, 4. |
Key: | F Major |