Father, again in Jesus' Name we meet
Father, again in Jesus' Name we meet,
and bow in penitence beneath your feet;
again to you our feeble voices raise,
to sue for mercy, and to sing your praise.
O we would bless you for your ceaseless care,
and all your works from day to day declare;
is not our life with hourly mercies crowned?
does not your arm encircle us around?
alas, unworthy of your boundless love,
too oft with careless feet from you we rove;
but now, encouraged by your voice, we come,
returning sinners to a Father's home.
O by that Name in whom all fulness dwells,
O by that love which ev'ry love excels,
O by that blood so freely shed for sin,
open blest mercy's gate and take us in.
Words: Lucy E.G. Whitmore, 1824
Music: Penitentia, All Souls
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Website compiled by
Steve Benner
, 1999-2003.
