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Text:Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
Author:Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Tune:MARTYRDOM
Arranger:Nolan Williams, Jr., b.1969
Composer:Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824

563. Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee

1 Father, I stretch my hands to thee;
No other help I know.
If thou withdraw thyself from me,
O! whither shall I go?

2 What did thine only Son endure,
Before I drew my breath!
What pain, what labor to secure
My soul from endless death!

3 Surely thou canst not let me die;
O speak and I shall live;
And here I will unwearied lie,
Till thou thy Spirit give.

4 Author of faith! to thee I lift
My weary, longing eyes;
O let me now receive that gift!
My soul without it dies.

Text Information
First Line: Father, I stretch my hands to thee
Title: Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Scripture:
Topic: God the Father, Creator; Jesus Christ; Lament (5 more...)
Tune Information
Name: MARTYRDOM
Composer: Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824
Arranger: Nolan Williams, Jr., b.1969
Meter: CM
Key: G Major
Copyright: arr. © 2000, GIA Publications, Inc.



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