Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Our fathers where are they
Topic: Death/Of Aged
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: F Rice
Meter: SM
Tune: Ellinwood
Hymn Number: 453
Page Number: 155, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOUR fathers! where are they,
With all they call'd their own?
Their joys and griefs, their hopes and cares,
Their wealth and honor, gone!
But joy or grief succeeds,
Beyond our mortal thought,
While still the remnant of their dust
Lies in the grave, forgot.
God of our fathers, hear,
Thou everlasting Friend,
While we, as on life's utmost verge,
Our souls to Thee commend.