Holy Father, We Adore Thee

Holy Fa­ther

we ad­ore Thee

And all hon­or to Thee give

For the bless­ings

with­out num­ber

Freely grant­ed while we live.

In our youth­ful days Thy mer­cy

Like a river calm­ly flows

And in riper years ne’er fail­ing

As the sol­ace of our woes.

Holy Fa­ther

Thou didst love us

E’en while wan­der­ing far from Thee

And didst send the bless­èd Sav­ior

For a sac­ri­fice to be.

In a man­ger low they laid Him

’Mid the beasts with­in the stall;

Angels guard­ing the Re­deem­er

Who sal­va­tion brought to all.

Holy Fa­ther

send Thy Spir­it

Into ev­ery wait­ing heart

And let all re­ceive with fa­vor

What will prove the bet­ter part;

While to Thee

with tune­ful voic­es

Sweetest prais­es we will sing

Heav’n and earth

in one grand chor­us

Loudest hal­le­lu­jahs ring.