Almighty Father, thou hast many a blessing

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Almighty Father, thou hast many a blessing

Author: Mrs. M. H. Saltmarsh
Published in 10 hymnals

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Almighty Father! Thou hast many a blessing
In store for every erring child of Thine;
For this I pray,—Let me, Thy grace possessing,
Seek to be guided by Thy will divine.

Not for earth’s treasures, for her joys the dearest,
Would I my supplications raise to Thee;
Not for the hopes that to my heart are nearest,
But only that I give that heart to Thee.

I pray that Thou wouldst guide and guard me ever;
Cleanse, by Thy power, from every stain of sin;
I will Thy blessing ask on each endeavor,
And thus Thy promised peace my soul shall win.

Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #217

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Author: Mrs. M. H. Saltmarsh

Author of "Almighty Father, thou hast many a blessing" in Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship (1896) is listed as Mrs. Seth Saltmarsh, 1812-, in the index. On the page of the hymn the author is listed as Mrs. M.H. Saltmarsh, presumably her own initials. --Tina Schneider, 10 June 2014. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Almighty Father, thou hast many a blessing
Author:	Mrs. M. H. Saltmarsh
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Almighty Father, Thou hast many a blessing. [Renunciation.] Anonymous, in Longfellow and Johnson's American Book of Hymns, 1846, No. 217; and their Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 365, in 3 stanzas of 4 lines.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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