We Come unto Our Fathers’ God
VERSE 1
We come
unto our fathers’ God,
Their
Rock is our Salvation;
Th’eternal
arms, their dear abode,
We make
our habitation.
We bring
Thee, Lord, the praise they brought,
We seek
Thee as Thy saints have sought
In every
generation.
VERSE 2
The fire
divine their steps that led
Still
goeth bright before us;
The
heavenly shield around them spread
Is still
high holden o’er us;
The
grace those sinners that subdued,
The
strength those weaklings that renewed,
Doth
vanquish, doth restore us.
VERSE 3
The
cleaving sins that brought them low
Are
still our souls oppressing.
The
tears that from their eyes did flow
Fall
fast, our shame confessing;
As with
Thee, Lord, prevailed their cry,
So our
strong prayer ascends on high
And
bringeth down Thy blessing.
VERSE 4
Their
joy unto their Lord we bring,
Their
song to us descendeth;
The Spirit
Who in them did sing
To us
His music lendeth;
His song
in them, in us, is one;
We raise
it high, we send it on—
The song
that never endeth.
VERSE 5
Ye
saints to come, take up the strain,
The same
sweet theme endeavor;
Unbroken
be the golden chain!
Keep on
the song forever!
Safe in
the same dear dwelling place,
Rich
with the same eternal grace,
Bless
the same boundless Giver.
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