Father of mercies, God of love

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1. Father of mercies, God of love,
Whose gifts all creatures share,
The rolling seasons as they move
Proclaim Thy constant care.

2. When in the bosom of the earth
The sower hid the grain,
Thy goodness mark’d its secret birth,
And sent the early rain.

3. The spring’s sweet influence, LORD, was Thine,
The seasons knew Thy call;
Thou mad’st the summer sun to shine,
The summer dews to fall.

4. Thy gifts of mercy from above
matured the swelling grain:
And now the harvest crowns Thy love,
And plenty fills the plain.

5. O ne’er may our forgetful hearts
O’erlook Thy bounteous care,
But what our FATHER’s hand imparts
Still own in praise and prayer.

6. To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,
The God whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.



Historical Notes

Author

Meter

CM

Music

Tune Sound files Score
St. James St. James

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Sources

Hymnals

Hymnal Number Tunes Used
Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874 #
The Year of Praise, 1867 #
The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868 #
The Sarum Hymnal, 1869 #
The Parish Hymnal, 1870 #
The Church Hymnal (US), 1871-1874 #
Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874 #
Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924 # 388 St. James
A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879 #
The Universal Hymn Book, 1885 #
The Mission Hymnal, 1885 #
The Hymnal Companion, 1890 #
The Hymnal Companion, 1890 #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter) #
The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900 #
The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902 #
Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904 #
The English Hymnal, 1906 #
The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908 #
The Mission Hymnal, 1913 #
The Hymnal 1916 (US) #
Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917 #
Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919 #
Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins) #
The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925 #
Songs of Praise, 1925 #
Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931 #
The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938 #
The Hymnal 1940 (US) #
Christian Worship, 1941 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950 #
The Mirfield Mission Hymn Book, 1955 #
Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960 #
Anglican Hymn Book, 1965 #
The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada) #
The Australian Hymn Book, 1977 #
The Hymnal 1982 (US) #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983 #
The New English Hymnal, 1985 #
Hymns for Today's Church, 1987 #
Church Family Worship, 1988 #
Hymns Old & New, New Anglican, 1996 #
Common Praise (Canada), 1998 #
Together in Song (Australia), 1999 #
Sing Glory, 1999 #
Complete Mission Praise, 2000 #
Common Praise, 2000 #
Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican, 2000 #
Church Hymnal (Ireland), 2000 #
The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (Scotland), 2005 #
The Book of Hymns, 2006 #
Zion Still Sings, 2007 #

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