Text:Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:MARTYRDOM
Arranger:J. Jefferson Cleveland
Arranger:Verolga Nix
Composer:Hugh Wilson

584. Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee

1 Father, I stretch my hands to thee,
no other help I know.
If thou withdraw thyself from me,
ah! whither shall I go?

2 What did thine only Son endure,
before I drew my breath!
What pain, what labor, to secure
my soul from endless death!

3 Surely thou canst not let me die!
O speak and I shall live,
and here I will unwearied lie,
till thou thy Spirit give.

4 Author of faith! to thee I lift
my weary, longing eyes.
O let me now receive that gift!
My soul without it dies.

Text Information
First Line: Father, I stretch my hands to thee
Title: Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
Author: Charles Wesley (1741)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Topic: Life of Discipleship: Prayer and Guidance; God's Church: Life of Discipleship: Prayer and Guidance; Eternal Life (4 more...)
Tune Information
Name: MARTYRDOM
Composer: Hugh Wilson (c. 1800)
Arranger: J. Jefferson Cleveland (1979)
Arranger: Verolga Nix (1979)
Meter: CM
Key: G Major
Copyright: Arr. used by permission of J. Jefferson Cleveland Estate



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