Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Father of mercies bow thine ear
Topic: The Church/Constitution
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: H Oliver
Meter: LM
Tune: Federal Street
Hymn Number: 326
Page Number: 120, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFather of mercies, bow thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest prayer:
We plead for those who plead for thee;
Successful pleaders may they be.
How great their work! how vast their charge!
Do thou their anxious souls enlarge:
Their best endowments are our gain;
We share the blessings they obtain.
Oh, clothe with energy divine
Their words; and let those words be thine;
To them thy sacred truth reveal;
Suppress their fears, inflame their zeal.
Teach them to sow the precious seed;
Teach them thy chosen flock to feed;
Teach them immortals souls to gain-
And thus reward their toil and pain.