7228 | The Cyber Hymnal#7229 | 7230 |
Text: | We Pray Thee, Heavenly Father |
Author: | Vincent S. S. Coles |
Tune: | DIES DOMINICA |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. We pray Thee, heavenly Father,
to hear us in Thy love,
And pour upon Thy children
the unction from above;
That so in love abiding,
from all defilement free,
We may in pureness offer
our Eucharist to Thee.
2. Be Thou our guide and helper,
O Jesu Christ, we pray;
So may we well approach Thee,
if Thou wilt be the way:
Thou, very truth, hast promised
to help us in our strife,
Food of the weary pilgrim,
eternal source of life.
3. And Thou, Creator Spirit,
look on us, we are Thine;
Renew us in Thy graces,
upon our darkness shine;
That, with Thy benediction,
upon our souls outpoured,
We may receive in gladness
the body of the Lord.
4. O Trinity of Persons!
O Unity most high!
On Thee alone relying
Thy servants would draw nigh;
Unworthy in our weakness,
on Thee our hope is stayed,
And blest by Thy forgiveness
we will not be afraid.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We pray Thee, heavenly Father |
Title: | We Pray Thee, Heavenly Father |
Author: | Vincent S. S. Coles (1871) |
Meter: | 76.76 D |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Coles, Curate at Wantage, used to have large confirmation classes for young people, and it was for them that he wrote this hymn. Alternate tune: ST. EDITH, Justin H. Knecht, 1799, and Edward Husband, 1871 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DIES DOMINICA |
Composer: | John Bacchus Dykes (1871) |
Meter: | 76.76 D |
Incipit: | 35432 11176 46753 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Anglican Hymn Book, 1871 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |