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Hymn: Father of mercies in thy word (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Father of mercies in thy word

Topic: God/Mercy

Writer: Anne Steele

Composer: H Havergal

Meter: CM

Tune: Evan

Hymn Number: 288

Page Number: 095, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

FATHER of mercies, in thy word
What endless glory shines!
Forever be thy name adored
For these celestial lines.


Here may the wretched sons of want
Exhaustless riches find-
Riches above what earth can grant,
And lasting as the mind.


Here springs of consolation rise
To cheer the fainting mind,
And thirsty souls receive supplies,
And sweet refreshment find.


O may these heavenly pages be
My ever dear delight;
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.