Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Restore O Father to our times restore
Topic: The Church/Constitution
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: B Wyman
Meter: 10s
Tune: Wyman
Hymn Number: 342
Page Number: 126, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRestore, O Father! to our times restore
The peace which filled thine infant church of yore,
Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife,
And quenched the newborn charities of life.
Oh never more may different judgments part
From kindled sympathy a brother's heart!
But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel,
And share with each the sacred joy they feel.
From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam's ray,
Let concord spread one universal day;
And faith by love lead all mankind to thee,
Parent of peace, and Fount of harmony!