Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Father is not thy promise pledg'd
Topic: Missionary Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 251
Page Number: 333, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFATHER, is not thy promise pledg'd
To thine exalted Son,
That through the nations of the earth
Thy word of life shall run?
Hast thou not said the blinded Jews
Shall their Redeemer own,
While Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne?
When shall th' untutor'd Indian tribes,
A dark, bewilder'd race,
Sit down at our Immanuel's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?
Are not all kingdom's, tribes, and tongues,
Under th' expanse of heav'n,
To the dominion of thy Son
Without exception giv'n?
From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name ador'd!
Europe, with all thy millions, shout
Hosannas to the Lord!
Asia and Africa, resound
From shore to shore, his fame;
And thou, America, in songs
Redeeming love proclaim!