Heavenly Father thou hast brought us

Heavenly Father thou hast brought us

Author: Hester P. Hawkins
Published in 8 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Heavenly Father, You have brought us
safely to the present day,
gently leading on our footsteps,
watching o’er us all the way.
Friend and guide through life’s long journey,
grateful hearts to You we bring;
but for love so true and changeless
how shall we fit praises sing?

2 Mercies new and never-failing
brightly shine through all the past,
watchful care and loving-kindness
always near from first to last,
tender love, divine protection
ever with us day and night;
blessings more than we can number
strew the path with golden light.

3 Shadows deep have crossed our pathway,
we have trembled in the storm;
clouds have gathered round so darkly
that we could not see Your form;
yet Your love has never left us
in our griefs to be alone,
and the help each gave the other
was the strength that is Your own.

4 Many that we loved have left us,
reaching first their journey’s end;
now they wait to give us welcome,
brother, sister, child, and friend.
When at last our journey’s over,
and we pass away from sight,
Father, take us through the darkness
into everlasting light.

Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #133

Author: Hester P. Hawkins

Hawkins, Hester P., née Lewis, wife of Joshua Hawkins, of Bedford. In 1885, Mrs. Hawkins published The Home Hymn Book, A Manual of Sacred Song for the Family Circle, London, Novello & Co. To this collection she contributed 7 hymns under the signature of "H. P. H." For home use we know of no book of equal comprehensiveness and merit. The music also is well adapted to the family circle. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Heavenly Father thou hast brought us
Author: Hester P. Hawkins
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

BETHANY (Smart)

BETHANY, named after the village near Jerusalem, is a suitably dramatic tune for the song text. It was composed by Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-k…

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RUSTINGTON

C. Hubert H. Parry's (PHH 145) RUSTINGTON was first published in the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book (1897) as a setting for Benjamin Webb's "Praise the Rock of Our Salvation." The tune is named for the village in Sussex, England, where Parry lived for some years and where he died. This is such a distin…

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2360
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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)
Page Scan

Church Hymns and Tunes #639

Page Scan

The Church Hymnary #476

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2360

The Home and School Hymnal #272

TextPage Scan

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #133

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #614

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #d254

Text

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #938

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