Hymn 211 - "God and Father, we Thy children"

God and Father, we Thy children

Would in meekness hear Thy word

Undistracted, hearts responsive,

As Thy Spirit strikes the chord;

All Thy mind we would be learning,

As the desert path we trace;

Thine we are, and would be leaning

Ever on Thy boundless grace.

God our Father, Thee we worship,

Praise Thee evermore that Thou

Leadest us in triumph, telling

All Thy boundless love e'en now.

May we therefore still be learning,

In Thy word Thy counsels trace,

Till the day that Thou displayest

All the glory of Thy grace! 

Still the Spirit is unfolding

Heights of glory Thou hast giv'n,

And our eyes by faith are seeing

Christ at Thy right hand in heav'n;

As on earth His path was trodden,

Ever subject to Thy will,

As the Man of all Thy counsels,

Who the universe will fill.

When with joy we thus behold Him,

When His greatness fills our sight,

Gladly we His rights acknowledge,

Object blest of heav'n's delight.

Then our hearts bow down before Him,

This world's glory waxeth dim;

Every hindrance then must vanish,

All be subject unto Him.

God our Father, Thee we worship,

Praise Thee evermore that Thou

Leadest us in triumph, telling

All Thy boundless love e'en now.

May we therefore still be learning,

In Thy word Thy counsels trace,

Till the day that Thou displayest

All the glory of Thy grace!