The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16734

16734. God of Our Fathers, to Thy Throne

1. God our fa­thers, to Thy throne
Our grate­ful songs we raise;
Thou art our God, and Thou alone—
Accept our hum­ble praise.

2. Unnumbered be­ne­fits from Thee,
Are show­ered up­on our land;
Behold! through all our coasts we see,
The boun­ties of Thy hand.

3. Here Thou wert once the pil­grims’ guide;
Thou gav’st them here a place,
Where free­dom spreads its bless­ings wide,
O’er all their fa­vored race.

4. Here, Lord, Thy Gos­pel’s ho­ly light
Is shed on all our hills;
And, like the rains and dews of night,
Celestial grace dis­tills.

5. Still teach us, Lord, Thy name to fear,
And still our guard­ian be;
O let our child­ren’s child­ren here
Forever wor­ship Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: God of our fathers, to thy throne
• Title: God of Our Fathers, to Thy Throne
• Author: Leonard Bacon (1833)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Additional Hymns, Designed as a Supplement to Dwight's Psalms and Hymns (New Haven, Connecticut: Currie and Peck, 1833), number 610. "National blessings acknowledged."
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ELIM (Greatorex)
• Composer: Henry Wellington Greatorex (1849)
• Meter: CM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain