Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: My Father to thy mercy seat (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: My Father to thy mercy seat

Topic: Mercy Seat

Writer: Anne Steele

Composer: Thomas Hastings

Meter: CM

Tune: Edgeworth

Hymn Number: 290

Page Number: 096, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

MY FATHER, to thy mercy-seat,
My soul for shelter flies;
'Tis here I find a safe retreat
When storms and tempests rise.


My cheerful hope can never die,
If thou, my God, art near;
Thy grace can raise my comforts high,
And banish every fear.


My great Protector and my Lord,
Thy constant aid impart;
O let thy kind, thy gracious word
Sustain my trembling heart.


O never let my soul remove
From this divine retreat;
Still let me trust thy power and love,
And dwell beneath thy feet.