Like as a Mother Comforteth

lyricist: William Runyan (1870–1957)
Composer: John Dykes, 1875

Like as a mo­ther com­fort­eth

O words of gen­tle worth!

So will I com­fort you

de­clares

The Lord of all the earth.

He bends in faith­ful watch­ful­ness;

He slum­bers not nor sleeps;

Above His trust­ing child the Lord

A con­stant vi­gil keeps.

He pa­tient is

as mo­thers are

Who love their child­ren well;

Our faults and fail­ings He for­gives;

His mer­cies—who can tell!

Like as a mo­ther

grant

O God

This like­ness e’er may be

A ho­ly sym­bol to de­clare

The love that dwells in Thee.

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