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[Grant us, O our Heav'nly Father]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. E. Van Olinda Incipit: 51175 11715 33322 Used With Text: Grant us, O our Heav'nly Father

Grant us, O our heavenly Father

Author: Rev. Godfrey Thring Meter: 8.7 Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Grant us, O our heavenly Father, In the dawning of our days, Thee in all things to remember, Thee to serve, and Thee to praise. 2 With the cross of Christ, our Saviour, Stamped upon our infant brows, May we in the battle's dawning Heed His word, and keep our vows. 3 Then in Holy Confirmation, By the laying on of hands, Strength may we receive, and blessing, To obey our Lord's commands. 4 Drawing nearer still and nearer, May we close and closer cling To our Lord, and to His altar There ourselves an offering bring. 5 Step by step in life advancing, Onward, upward, as we move Through the world unharmed, rejoicing In His all-redeeming love: 6 Blest in joy, upheld in sorrow, At our work as in His sight, May His presence still be with us, As we do it with our might. 7 Serving Thee, our heavenly Father, From the dawn to set of sun, Serving Thee in life's young morning, Till our work on earth is done: 8 Till the shadows of the evening Shall forever pass away, And the Resurrection-morning Kindle into perfect day. Amen. Topics: For Children Used With Tune: [Grant us, O our heavenly Father]

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Grant Us, O Our Heavenly Father

Author: Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903 Hymnal: AGO Founders Hymnal #66 (2009) First Line: Grant us, O our heav'nly Father Languages: English Tune Title: CHORAL UNION

Grant us, O our Heav'nly Father

Author: Godfrey Thring Hymnal: The New Children's Hymnal #271 (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: [Grant us, O our Heav'nly Father]

Grant us, O our heavenly Father

Author: Rev. Godfrey Thring Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #574 (1894) Meter: 8.7 Lyrics: 1 Grant us, O our heavenly Father, In the dawning of our days, Thee in all things to remember, Thee to serve, and Thee to praise. 2 With the cross of Christ, our Saviour, Stamped upon our infant brows, May we in the battle's dawning Heed His word, and keep our vows. 3 Then in Holy Confirmation, By the laying on of hands, Strength may we receive, and blessing, To obey our Lord's commands. 4 Drawing nearer still and nearer, May we close and closer cling To our Lord, and to His altar There ourselves an offering bring. 5 Step by step in life advancing, Onward, upward, as we move Through the world unharmed, rejoicing In His all-redeeming love: 6 Blest in joy, upheld in sorrow, At our work as in His sight, May His presence still be with us, As we do it with our might. 7 Serving Thee, our heavenly Father, From the dawn to set of sun, Serving Thee in life's young morning, Till our work on earth is done: 8 Till the shadows of the evening Shall forever pass away, And the Resurrection-morning Kindle into perfect day. Amen. Topics: For Children Languages: English Tune Title: [Grant us, O our heavenly Father]

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Godfrey Thring

1823 - 1903 Person Name: Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903 Author of "Grant Us, O Our Heavenly Father" in AGO Founders Hymnal Godfrey Thring (b. Alford, Somersetshire, England, 1823; d. Shamley Green, Guilford, Surrey, England, 1903) was born in the parsonage of Alford, where his father was rector. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England, he was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1847. After serving in several other parishes, Thring returned to Alford and Hornblotten in 1858 to succeed his father as rector, a position he retained until his own retirement in 1893. He was also associated with Wells Cathedral (1867-1893). After 1861 Thring wrote many hymns and published several hymnals, including Hymns Congregational (1866), Hymns and Sacred Lyrics (1874), and the respected A Church of England Hymn Book Adapted to the Daily Services of the Church Throughout the Year (1880), which was enlarged as The Church of England Hymn Book (1882). Bert Polman ================ Thring, Godfrey, B.A., son of the Rev. J. G. D. Thring, of Alford, Somerset, was born at Alford, March 25, 1823, and educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Balliol College, Oxford, B.A. in 1845. On taking Holy Orders he was curate of Stratfield-Turgis, 1846-50; of Strathfieldsaye, 1850-53; and of other parishes to 1858, when he became rector of Alford-with-Hornblotton, Somerset. R.D. 1867-76. In 1876 he was preferred as prebend of East Harptree in Wells cathedral. Prebendary Thring's poetical works are:— Hymns Congregational and Others, 1866; Hymns and Verses, 1866; and Hymns and Sacred Lyrics, 1874. In 1880 he published A Church of England Hymnbook Adapted to the Daily Services of the Church throughout the Year; and in 1882, a revised and much improved edition of the same as The Church of England Hymn Book, &c. A great many of Prebendary Thring's hymns are annotated under their respective first lines; the rest in common use include:— 1. Beneath the Church's hallowed shade. Consecration of a Burial Ground. Written in 1870. This is one of four hymns set to music by Dr. Dykes, and first published by Novello & Co., 1873. It was also included (but without music) in the author's Hymns & Sacred Lyrics, 1874, p. 170, and in his Collection, 1882. 2. Blessed Saviour, Thou hast taught us. Quinquagesima. Written in 1866, and first published in the author's Hymns Congregational and Others, 1866. It was republished in his Hymns & Sacred Lyrics, 1874; and his Collection, 1882. It is based upon the Epistle for Quinquagesima. 3. Blot out our sins of old. Lent. Written in 1862, and first published in Hymns Congregational and Others