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Father, we bless the gentle care

Father, we bless the gentle care

Author: Sewall Sylvester Cutting
Tune: CUTTING (33335)
Published in 11 hymnals

Representative Text

Father, we bless the gentle care
That watches o’er us day by day,
That guards us from the tempter’s snare,
And guides us in the heavenward way:—
We bless Thee for the tender love
That mingles all our hearts in one,—
The music of the soul;—above
’Tis purer spirits’ unison.

Father, ’tis evening’s solemn hour,
And cast we now our cares on Thee;
Darkly the storm may round us lower,
Peace is within,—Christ makes us free;—
And when life’s toil and joy are o’er,
And evening gathers on its sky,
Our circle broke,—we sing no more,—
O, may we meet and sing on high.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #509

Author: Sewall Sylvester Cutting

Cutting, Sewell Sylvester, D.D., a Baptist Minister, was born at Windsor, Vermont, Jan. 19, 1813, graduated at the University of Vermont, 1835, and was ordained at Boylston, Massachusetts, 1836. He was pastor at Southbridge, Mass., from 1837 to 1845. Editor of the New York Recorder. 1845-50, and 1853-55; and of the Christian Review, 1850-53, and 1855-68. In 1868 he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric and History at the University, Rochester, N. York, and Secretary of the American Baptist Educational Commission. He died at Brooklyn, Feb. 7, 1882. His Historical Vindication of the Baptists was published in 1858. His hymns in common use include:— 1. Father, we bless the gentle care. The love of God. Appeared in Hymns for the Vest… Go to person page >

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First Line: Father, we bless the gentle care
Author: Sewall Sylvester Cutting
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #509

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #509

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #825

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Church Harmonies #925

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #934

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #934

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d91

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d157

The Christian Lyre #d95

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The Gospel Psalmist #646

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The School Hymn-Book #75

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