Common Tune

Hymn

Children of the Heavenly Father

ERHALT UNS, HERR, BEI DEINEM WORT · L.M. · words Carolina Sandell Berg · music German, 16th century

Setting: Cyber Hymnal · Open Hymnal

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1.Children of the heav'nly Father
Safely in His bosom gather;
Nestling bird nor star in heaven
Such a refuge e'er was given.

2.God His own doth tend and nourish,
In His holy courts they flourish;
From all evil things He spares them,
In His mighty arms He bears them.

3.Neither life nor death shall ever
From the Lord His children sever;
Unto them His grace He showeth,
And their sorrows all He knoweth.

4.Though He giveth or He taketh,
God His children ne'er forsaketh;
His the loving purpose solely
To preserve them pure and holy.

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