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Father! we would learn thy will

Author: Jennett Humphreys Meter: 7 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: Father! we would learn Thy will; Teach us, heavenly Father, still; Fresh Thy promises fulfil; Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Let us not stray out from Thee; Clasp us to Thee lovingly; Touch our eyes that we may see; Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Lest the life, with joy beset, Should Thy chastening forget, Should vaingloriously be met,-- Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Lest 'midst fond and glittering show, We should slight our neighbours' woe, Letting no compassion flow,-- Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. As the burdened spirit fails, As love breaks and guile assails, As the star of rescue pales, Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Lo, O God, Thy light doth shine; Searching we have seen the sign; On us streams Thy Breath divine; Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Used With Tune: VERDUN (Lutzen)

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VERDUN (Lutzen)

Appears in 8 hymnals Tune Sources: Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Halle 1704 Incipit: 51713 21765 65443 Used With Text: Father! we would learn Thy will

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Father! we would learn thy will

Author: Jennett Humphreys Hymnal: Hymnal, Amore Dei #3 (1890) Meter: 7 Lyrics: Father! we would learn Thy will; Teach us, heavenly Father, still; Fresh Thy promises fulfil; Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Let us not stray out from Thee; Clasp us to Thee lovingly; Touch our eyes that we may see; Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Lest the life, with joy beset, Should Thy chastening forget, Should vaingloriously be met,-- Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Lest 'midst fond and glittering show, We should slight our neighbours' woe, Letting no compassion flow,-- Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. As the burdened spirit fails, As love breaks and guile assails, As the star of rescue pales, Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Lo, O God, Thy light doth shine; Searching we have seen the sign; On us streams Thy Breath divine; Hear our cry, dear Father, hear. Languages: English Tune Title: VERDUN (Lutzen)

Father! we would learn thy will

Author: Jennett Humphreys Hymnal: Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a3 (1903) Languages: English

Father! we would learn Thy will

Author: Jennett Humphreys Hymnal: Hymnal Amore Dei #3 (1897) Languages: English Tune Title: VERDUN (Lutzen)

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Jennett Humphreys

1829 - 1917 Author of "Father! we would learn thy will" in Hymnal, Amore Dei Humphreys, Jennett, was born in London April 17, 1829. Her hymn “March, my little children” [God our Father], was written in 1885 for a paper "With the little ones," read at Rosslyn Hill School, Hampstead. It was printed in the Inquirer, April 4, 1885, and is in the Rev. W. A. Oxford's Children's Service Hymns and Songs, 1880, the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and others. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A. ] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)