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The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

Father, hear thy humble child

  • No. 490
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Father, hear thy humble child,By thy mercy reconciled;Hear, and all thy graces shower,All the joy, and peace, and power;All my Saviour asks above,All the life and heaven of love.

2

Lord, I will not let thee goTill the blessing thou bestow:Hear my Advocate divine;Lo! to his my suit I join;Joined to his, it cannot fail;Bless me; for I will prevail.

3

Heavenly Father, Life divine,Change my nature into thine;Move, and spread throughout my soul;Actuate and fill the whole:Be it I no longer nowLiving in the flesh, but thou.

4

Holy Ghost, no more delay;Come, and in thy temple stay;Now thine inward witness bear,Strong, and permanent, and clear:Spring of life, thyself impart;Rise eternal in my heart.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «490» (large) in the left column of p. 158, under «McComb.» of hymn 489, with the italic reference line «1114, 827,» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 1114 or 827) beside the number; four stanzas of six lines, numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book): stanzas 1–2 and the first three lines of stanza 3 at the foot of the left column, the last three lines of stanza 3 («Actuate and fill the whole: …», no number repeated) and stanza 4 at the top of the right column, then «Charles Wesley.» in italics, right-aligned. The first word «FATHER» is set in capitals and small capitals. All lines of each stanza stand at the same margin. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («reconciled ;», «power ;», «bestow :», «Lo !», «delay ;», «clear :» …); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is 7s. 6l., like hymn 489 above it and the two reference tunes). Spelling («Saviour», «Joined»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship · No. 490 · printed page 158
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01