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Hymn: Dear Father to thy mercy-seat (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Dear Father to thy mercy-seat

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 1309

Page Number: 782, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

DEAR Father, to thy mercy-seat

My soul for shelter flies;

'T is 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.