The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10690

10690. O Father, Forgive!

1 If I’ve wounded the heart of another today,
Or have caused a lone teardrop to fall;
If I’ve turned in disdain from the helpless away,
Oh! forgive, Thou blest Father of all!

Refrain:
I am bowing before Thee in penitence now,
O compassionate Father, forgive!
Thou alone with Thy peace can my spirit endow,
O compassionate Father, forgive!

2 My transgressions are many, I humbly confess,
But I long in Thy precepts to live;
With the boon of salvation Thou only can bless,
O compassionate Father, forgive! [Refrain]

3 If, when merciless sorrow o’ershadows my soul,
I have sought not Thy guidance each day,
But in folly have strayed where sin’s billows oft roll,
Oh! forgive me, dear Father, I pray! [Refrain]

4 Tho’ I oft have neglected my duty to do,
Disobeying Thy holy command,
And to Thee and Thy cause I have proven untrue,
With the saved I forgiven would stand. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: If I’ve wounded the heart of another today
• Title: O Father, Forgive!
• Author: Stella May Thompson (1913)
• Refrain First Line: I am bowing before Thee in penitence now
• Language: English
• Source: New Songs of Praise by Alfred E. Helton et al. (Lenoir, NC: Teachers' Music Publishing Comany, 1913)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [If I've wounded the heart of another today]
• Composer: Minnis R. Hayes
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain