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Text:Father, Thy Will Be Done
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:LAMBETH
Composer:Wilhelm A. F. Schulthes
Media:MIDI file

9221. Father, Thy Will Be Done

1 Father, Thy will be done, not mine,
Thy only will be done!
To Thee my Isaac I resign,
I render up my son.

2 Without a murmuring wish I give
The child Thou gav’st to me;
Or let him to Thy glory live,
Or let him die to Thee.

3 I dare not deprecate the cross,
Or of my loss complain,
Assured my momentary loss
Is his eternal gain.

4 I hear the providential word,
I bless the will divine;
Remove him from my bosom, Lord,
And take him up to Thine.

Text Information
First Line: Father, Thy will be done, not mine
Title: Father, Thy Will Be Done
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, Vol. 1, 1749
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternative tunes: MAITLAND by George N. Allen; MANOAH by Rossini
Tune Information
Name: LAMBETH
Composer: Wilhelm A. F. Schulthes (1871)
Meter: CM
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



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