Text:Wherefore, O Father
Author:William H. H. Jervois
Tune:CHRISTE FONS JUGIS
Media:MIDI file

7581. Wherefore, O Father

1. Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants
Here bring before Thee Christ, Thy well belovèd,
All perfect offering, sacrifice immortal,
Spotless oblation.

2. See now Thy children, making intercession
Through Him our Savior, Son of God incarnate,
For all Thy people, living and departed,
Pleading before Thee.

Text Information
First Line: Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants
Title: Wherefore, O Father
Author: William H. H. Jervois (1906)
Meter: 11.11.11.5
Language: English
Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 335
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: OBLATION, Jo­hann Crüger, 1653
Tune Information
Name: CHRISTE FONS JUGIS
Meter: 11.11.11.5
Incipit: 33231 34534 33231
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Rouen church melody
Copyright: Public Domain



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