Soon as I Heard My Father Say

Soon as I heard my Fa­ther say

Ye child­ren

seek My grace

My heart re­plied with­out de­lay

I’ll seek my Fa­ther’s face.

Let not Thy face be hid from me

Nor frown my soul away;

God of my life

I fly to Thee

In a dis­tress­ing day.

Should friends and kin­dred near and dear

Leave me to want or die

My God would make my life His care

And all my need sup­ply.

My faint­ing flesh had died with grief

Had not my soul be­lieved

To see Thy grace pro­vide re­lief;

Nor was my hope de­ceived.

Wait on the Lord

ye trem­bling saints

And keep your cour­age up;

He’ll raise your spir­it when it faints

And far ex­ceed your hope.