Hymns of the Kingdom of God ‎#421

421. O Father, in Thy Father's heart

1 O Father, in Thy Father’s heart
We know our children have their part;
We sign them in the threefold name,
And by the sprinkled water claim
Thy covenant in Christ revealed,
To us and to our children sealed.

2 Name of the Father—pledge that we
Our inmost being draw from Thee;
Name of the Son—whereby we know
The Father’s love to men below;
Name of the Spirit—blessed sign
That now we share the life divine!

3 Fulfil Thy covenant of love,
Baptize our children from above;
Thy best, Thy highest gift impart,
The blessing of a childlike heart,
And mould them through life’s strain and stress
To the full growth of perfectness.

Text Information

• First Line: O Father, in Thy Father's heart
• Author: Ella S. Armitage (1887)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1910

Tune Information

• Name: STELLA
• Meter: Six 8s.
• Source: Old English Melody in Easy Hymn Tunes, 1851