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SDAH 621: Gracious Father, Guard Thy Children

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SDAH 621

Gracious Father, guard Thy children
From the foe’s destructive power;
Save, O save them, Lord, from falling
In this dark and trying hour.

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1
Gracious Father, guard Thy children
From the foe’s destructive power;
Save, O save them, Lord, from falling
In this dark and trying hour.
Thou wilt surely prove Thy people,
All our graces must be tried;
But Thy word illumines our pathway,
And in God we still confide.

2
We are in the time of waiting;
Soon we shall behold our Lord,
Wafted far away from sorrow,
To receive our rich reward.
Keep us, Lord, till Thine appearing,
Pure, unspotted from the world;
Let Thy Holy Spirit cheer us
Till Thy banner is unfurled.

3
With what joyful exultation
Shall the saints Thy banner see,
When the Lord for whom we’ve waited
Shall proclaim the jubilee!
Freedom from this world’s pollutions;
Freedom from all sin and pain;
Freedom from the wiles of Satan,
And from death’s destructive reign.

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Reference
(a) Jude 24; Ps 119:105 (b) 1 Cor 1:7; Col 3:24; Jas 1:27; Ps 60:4 (c) Lev 25:10; Rom 8:2; John 8:36

Author
Anonymous

Hymn Tune
ELLESDIE

Metrical Number
8.7.8.7.D.

Composer
Hubert P. Main (1839-1926)

Arranged
from Mozart

Year Composed
1873

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