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Text:Thou, who a tender Parent art
Tune:NAOMI
Arranger:Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc.
Composer:Johann George Nägeli

346. Thou, who a tender Parent art

1 Thou, who a attender Parent art,
Regard a parent's plea;
Our offspring with a parent's heart
We, Lord, commend to Thee.

2 Our children are our greatest care,
A charge which Thou hast given;
I all Thy graces let them share,
And all the joys of heaven.

3 If a centurion could succeed,
Who for his servant cried,
O grant us faith like his to plead
For those more near allied.

4 On us Thou has bestowed Thy grace,
And ours, as Father kind,
And heaven is our dwelling place;
O leave not one behind!

5 By Thee blest, let us live below
The remnant of our days,
And when to brighter worlds we go,
Give Thee united praise.

Text Information
First Line: Thou, who a tender Parent art
Meter: C. M. No. 2
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Catechism: The Christian Household
Source: Presbyterian Hymnal
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: NAOMI
Composer: Johann George Nägeli (1832)
Arranger: Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc. (1836)
Meter: C. M. No. 2
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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