Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Father is not thy promise pledg'd
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 84
Page Number: 089, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFather, is not thy promise pledg'd
To thine exalted Son,
That thro' the nations of the earth,
Thy word of life shall run?
"Ask, and I give the heathen lands
For thine inheritance;
And to the world's remotest shores
Thine empire shall advance."
Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews
Shall their Redeemer own?
While Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne.
Are not all kingdoms, tribes and tongues,
Under th' expanse of heav'n,
To the dominion of thy Son,
Without exemption giv'n?
From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name ador'd!
Europte, with all thy millions, shout
Hosannas to the Lord.
Asia and Africa resound
From shore to shore his fame;
And thou, America, in songs,
Redeeming love proclaim.