Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Father supreme thou high and holy One
Topic: Home/Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Philip Phillips
Meter: 10s and 4s
Tune: To Thee We Bow
Hymn Number: 799
Page Number: 300, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFather supreme! thou high and holy one!
To thee we bow;
Now, when the burden of the day is gone,
Devoutly now.
From age to age unchanging, still the same,
All good thou art;
Hallowed forever be thy reverend name
In every heart!
When the glad morn upon the hills was spread,
Thy smile was there;
Now as the darkness gathers overhead,
We fell thy care.
Night spreads her shade upon another day
Forever past;
So, o'er our faults, thy love, we humbly pray,
A veil may cast.
Silence and calm, o'er hearts by earth distressed,
Now sweetly steal;
So every fear that struggles in the breast
Shall faith conceal.
Thou, thro' the dark, wilt watch above our sleep,
With eye of love;
And thou wilt wake us, when the sunbeams leap
The hills above.
Oh, may each heart its gratitude express
As life expands,
And find the triumph of its happiness
In thy commands!