Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Father of mercies God of love
Topic: God/Mercy
Writer: O Heginbotham
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: CM
Tune: Arcadia
Hymn Number: 278
Page Number: 092, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFATHER of mercies, God of love,
My Father and my God,
I'll sing the honors of thy name,
And spread thy praise abroad.
In every period of my life
Thy thoughts of love appear;
Thy mercies gild each transient scene,
And crown each passing year.
In all thy mercies, may my soul
A Father's bounty see;
Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows
Estrange my heart from thee.