Almighty Father, bless the word

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Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Historical Notes 3 Author 4 Meter 5 Music 6 Scripture References 7 Other Comments 8 Sources 8.1 Hymnals 9 External links

Lyrics

Almighty Father, bless the word
which through thy grace we now have heard,
O may the precious seed take root,
spring up, and bear abundant fruit!

We praise thee for the means of grace
thus in thy courts to seek thy face,
grant, Lord, that we who worship here
may all at last in heaven appear.

Historical Notes

According to Julian, this hymn first appeared anonymously in William Augustus Muhlenberg's Church Poetry, 1823 and was in the Prayer Book Collection of hymns which appeared in the Episcopal Church in 1826.

Author

Anonymous, 19th century or earlier

Meter

LM

Music

Tune	Sound files	Score
Abends	Abends
Brierly
Fertile Plains
Gower Street
Grace Church	Grace Church
Mursell
Zephyr

Scripture References

• Luke 8:8

Other Comments

Sources

Hymnals

Hymnal	Number	Tunes Used
Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826	# 39
The Church Hymnal, 1871 (Hall & Whiteley)	# 166	Fertile Plains
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Goodrich & Gilbert)	# 166	Gower Street
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Tucker & Rousseau)	# 166	Grace Church
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Hutchins)	# 166	Zephyr
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington)	# 33	Grace Church
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker)	# 33	Grace Church
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins)	# 33	Abends, Brierly
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau)	# 33	Grace Church
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein)	# 33	Grace Church, Brierly
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter)	# 33	Mursell

External links