Thanks to our heavenly Father

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Thanks to our heavenly Father

Tune: WHITFIELD (Greek)
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Thanks to our heavenly Father,
Tho' angels tune his praise,
He will permit his children
Their humble song to raise.
Thanks to our heavenly Father,
Whose love protects us here,
And spares us yet to welcome
Another happy year.

2 For all the years departed,
For all the years to come,
For all the thousand blessings
That crown our happy home,
For all our loving kindred,
For all the friends we claim,
We thank our heavenly Father,
And bless his holy name.

Source: The New Sabbath School Hosanna: enlarged and improved: a choice collection of popular hymns and tunes, original and selected: for the Sunday school and the family circle... #116a

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First Line:	Thanks to our heavenly Father
Copyright:	Public Domain

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WHITFIELD (Greek)

Said to be a "Greek Air," CALCUTTA was one of the popular national tunes used by Dublin's Thomas Moore (1779-1852) in his Sacred Songs (1816). Arthur S. Sullivan (PHH 46) adapted it for congregational singing and published it in his Church Hymns with Tunes (1874). [The tune was earlier adapted for c…

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