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Text:My Father, Hear My Prayer
Author:E.C.W.
Tune:QUAM DILECTA
Composer:Henry Lascelles Jenner
Media:MIDI file

4404. My Father, Hear My Prayer

1. My Father, hear my prayer
Before I go to rest;
It is Thy trustful child
That cometh to be blest.

2. Forgive me all my sin,
And let me sleep this night
In safety and in peace
Until the morning light.

3. Lord, help me every day
To love Thee more and more,
And try to do Thy will
Much better than before.

4. Now look upon me, Lord,
Ere I lie down to rest;
It is Thy trustful child
That cometh to be blest.

Text Information
First Line: My Father, hear my prayer
Title: My Father, Hear My Prayer
Author: E.C.W. (1875)
Meter: 66.66
Language: English
Source: Horder's Book of Praise for Children, 1875
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: According to the Dictionary of Hymnology by John Julian, the author was a lady who published anonymously through John Hodges of Frome.
Tune Information
Name: QUAM DILECTA
Composer: Henry Lascelles Jenner (1861)
Meter: 66.66
Incipit: 34332 15632 12235
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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