Common Tune

Hymn

Children of the Heavenly Father

WINCHESTER NEW · L.M. · words Carolina Sandell Berg · music Winchester New

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Children of the Heavenly Father ne'er chil courts bos sev flour gath om for dren they His the His ly dren His ly His chil Lord ho in ish; er; er; sak eth; own giv life of or death tend heav'n eth nor doth the 4. Though 3. Nei 2. God 1. Chil He ther His dren eth, er ish, ther tak ev nour Fa From God In Safe ly and He shall them arms all pure e'er He and He was ref pre their His a y uge rows serve sor might ho know bears giv ly. eth. them. en. bird e the to all ling ing His vil nor lov them His Un From Nest sole show spares heav Such In And To them, ly eth, en in pur grace things star He pose He Carolina Sandell Berg, 1855 WINCHESTER NEW L.M. Winchester New, 1896
Children of the Heavenly Father ne'er chil courts bos sev flour gath om for dren they His the His ly dren His ly His chil Lord ho in ish; er; er; sak eth; own giv life of or death tend heav'n eth nor doth the 4. Though 3. Nei 2. God 1. Chil He ther His dren eth, er ish, ther tak ev nour Fa From God In Safe ly and He shall them arms all pure e'er He and He was ref pre their His a y uge rows serve sor might ho know bears giv ly. eth. them. en. bird e the to all ling ing His vil nor lov them His Un From Nest sole show spares heav Such In And To them, ly eth, en in pur grace things star He pose He Carolina Sandell Berg, 1855 WINCHESTER NEW L.M. Winchester New, 1896

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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Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ABERYSTWYTH (PARRY), ANGELUS, BRESLAU, FEDERAL STREET, GERMANY, MARYTON, MENDON, MORNING HYMN, OLD 100TH, QUEBEC, THE FIRST NOEL, VOM HIMMEL HOCH, WOODWORTH.

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