Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Father hear the prayer we offer
Topic: Christian/Warfare
Writer: Anonymous Anonymous
Composer: J Dykes
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: St Sylvester
Hymn Number: 502
Page Number: 170, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFATHER, hear the prayer we offer:
Not for ease that prayer shall be,
But for strength, that we may ever
Live our lives courageously.
Not forever by still waters
Would we idly quiet stay;
But would smite the living fountains
From the rocks along our way.
Be our strength in hours of weakness;
In our wanderings, be our guide;
Through endeavor, failure, danger,
Father, be thou at our side.