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522. My Father! cheering name!

1 My Father! cheering name!
Oh, may I call Thee mine?
Give me with humble hope to claim
A portion so divine.

2 This can my fears control,
And bid my sorrows fly:
What real harm can reach my soul
Beneath my Father's eye?

3 Whate'er Thy will denies,
I calmly would resign:
For Thou art just, and good, and wise:
Oh, bend my will to thine!

4 Whate'er Thy will ordains,
Oh, give me strength to bear;
Still let me know a Father reigns,
And trust a Father's care.

5 Thy ways are little known
To my weak, erring sight;
Yet shall my soul, believing, own,
That all Thy ways are right.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: My Father! cheering name!
Author: Anon.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Adoption; Blessedness of the Righteous; Cheerfulness (8 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: BRADEN
Composer: William B. Bradbury
Meter: S. M.
Notes: Public Domain.



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