Wherefore, O Father, We Thy Humble Servants

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Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants (Jervois)

Author: W. H. H. Jervois
Tune: CHRISTE FONS JUGIS
Communion Songs
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1 Wherefore, O Father, we thy humble servants
here bring before thee Christ thy well-belovèd,
all-perfect Offering, sacrifice immortal,
spotless oblation.

2 See now thy children, making intercession
through him our Saviour, Son of God incarnate,
for all thy people, living and departed,
pleading before thee.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #628

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Author: W. H. H. Jervois

Born: October 1852, Alderney, Channel Islands, United Kingdom (where his father was stationed) Died: August 5, 1905, St. Marylebone, London, England. Jervois, William Henry Hammond, M.A., was born in Oct. 1852 on the Isle of Alderney, where his father, W. F. D. Jervois, afterwards Lieut. General, was then stationed. He was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A. 1876, M.A. 1878), and was ordained D. 1878, P. 1879. He became Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster Square, London, in 1896, and died Aug. 5, 1905. He was, until his death, a member of the Committee who compiled The English Hymnal, 1906, and contributed to it:— 1. Father, see Thy children bending at Thy throne. Holy Communion. This was jointly with the Re… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants (Jervois)
Title:	Wherefore, O Father, We Thy Humble Servants
Author:	W. H. H. Jervois
Meter:	11.11.11.5
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain
Liturgical Use:	Communion Songs