650   Our Father By Whose Name




[1]
Our Father by whose name
All fatherhood is known
Who dost in love proclaim
Each family Thine own
Bless Thou all parents guarding well
With constant love as sentinel
The homes in which Thy people dwell.

[2]
O Christ Thyself a child
Within an earthly home
With heart still undefiled
Thou didst to manhood come;
Our children bless in every place
That they may all behold Thy face
And knowing Thee may grow in grace.

[3]
O Spirit who dost bind
Our hearts in unity
Who teaches us to find
The love from self set free
In all our hearts such love increase
That every home by this release
May be dwelling place of peace.