Father, hear our humble claim. C. Wesley. [For Unity.] In Longfellow & Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, U.S., 1864, No. 227, and in the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865-1872, No. 823. This cento is taken from two hymns by C. Wesley: (1) "Come, and let us sweetly join"; and (2) "Father, Son and Spirit, hear," both of which appeared in Hymns & Sacred Poems, 1740, and each of which has furnished several centos to the hymnbooks. This cento is stanza i. from No. 1, and stanzas ii.-v. from No. 2. (See Poetical Works, 1868-1872, vol. i. pp. 351, 356, 357.)
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)