Father, Thy name our souls would bless

Father

Thy name our souls would bless

As children taught by grace

Lift up our hearts in righteousness

And joy before Thy face.

Sweet is the confidence Thou giv’st

Though high above our praise;

Our hearts resort to where Thou liv’st

In heaven’s unclouded rays.

Eternal ages shall declare

The riches of Thy grace

To those who with Thy Son shall share

A son’s eternal place.

Absent as yet

we rest in hope

Treading the desert path

Waiting for Him who takes us up

Beyond the pow’r of death.

We joy in Thee

Thy fulness shall

Our endless portion be

Like Thine own Son

with whom we’ll dwell

In bright eternity.

O Holy Father

keep us here

In that blest name of love

Walking before Thee without fear

Thy perfect will to prove.