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SDAH 293: Heavenly Father, Bless Us Now

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SDAH 293

Heavenly Father, bless us now;
At the cross of Christ we bow;
Take our guilt and grief away;
Hear and heal us now, we pray.

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1
Heavenly Father, bless us now;
At the cross of Christ we bow;
Take our guilt and grief away;
Hear and heal us now, we pray.

2
Now, O Lord, this very hour,
Send Thy grace and show Thy power;
While we rest upon Thy word,
Come, and bless us now, O Lord!

3
Mercy now, O Lord, we plead
In this hour of utter need;
Turn us not away unblest;
Calm our anguish into rest.

4
O Thou loving, blessed One,
Rising oér us like the sun,
Light and life art Thou within:
Savior, Thou, from every sin!

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Information
(a) Acts 3:26 (c) Heb 4:16 (d) Mal 4:2
 
Author
Alexander Clark (1834-1879)

Hymn Tune
AUS DER TIEFE
 
Metrical Number
7.7.7.7.
 
Composer
Attr. to Martin Herbst (1654-1681)
 
Alternate Tune
TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA, SDAH 101

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This hymn was written and published in The Voice of Praise, 1872, a hymnbook for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Clark was a member of the committee that prepared the book. An earnest prayer for God’s blessing, it has been in a number of American Methodist hymnals, including the 1964 edition.

       Alexander Clark was born March 10, 1834, in Jefferson County, Ohio, and was educated by his scholarly father. He began teaching at age 17 and started editorial work that would capture his attention for most of his life. Eventually, he edited the Methodist Recorder, an official organ of the church; wrote articles for other magazines; preached and lectured extensively; and authored inspirational books and a small volume of poems. He died at Atlanta, Georgia, July 6, 1879. 

       AUS DER TIEFE (“Out of the Depths”; also known as HEINLEIN) first appeared with the hymn beginning with these words, under the initials “M. H.,” in the German book Nurnbergisches Gesangbuch, 1676. Scholars are fairly sure that those initials stand for Martin Herbst. Born January 15, 1654, at Rothenbach, Germany, Herbert studied at the St. Lorenz’s School in Nuremberg. Later he studied theology and philosophy at Altdorf and Jena. In 1680 he became rector of the Gymnasium at Eisleben and pastor of St. Andreas Church there. Unfortunately, he contracted the plague and died in 1681 at the age of 27. He was the probable composer of four of the melodies in the Nuremberg songbook mentioned above.

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