Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Father is not thy promise pledged
Topic: Latter Day Glory
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 216
Page Number: 205, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFather, is not thy promise pledged
To thine exalted Son,
That thro' the nations of the earth,
Thy word of life shall run?
"Ask, and I give the heathen lands
"For thine inheritance;
"And to the world's remotest shore
"Thine empire shall advance."
Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews
Shall their Redeemer own;
While Gentiles to his standard croud,
And bow before his throne.
Are not all kingdoms, tribes and tongues
Under th' expanse of heaven,
To the dominion of thy Son,
Without exemption, given?
From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name adored!
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.