The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#373

373. O Father, in Your father-heart

1 O Father, in Your father-heart
we know our children have their part;
we sign them in Your threefold Name,
and by the sprinkled water claim
Your covenant in Christ revealed,
to us and to our children sealed.

2 Name of the Father, pledge that we
in You our inmost being see;
Name of the Son, whereby we know
the Father's love to all below;
Name of the Spirit, blessed sign
that now we share the life divine.

3 Fulfil Your covenant of love;
baptise our children from above;
Your best, Your 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 Your father-heart
• Author: Ella Sophia Armitage, 1841-1931 (alt.)
• Meter: 88 88 88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Baptism

Tune Information

• Name: SUSSEX CAROL
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 88 88 88
• Key: F Major
• Source: English Traditional Melody
• Copyright: Harm. © 1919 Stainer & Bell Ltd