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Father, hear the prayer we offer

No. 1061
Metre 8s & 7s.
Tune Stockwell
Words Anon.
Singing key B♭ major
4 stanzas

Sung to STOCKWELL (hymn 162)

Words

Father, hear the prayer we offer!Not for ease that prayer shall be,But for strength that we may everLive our lives courageously.

Not forever by still watersWould we idly, quiet stay,But would smite the living fountainsFrom the rocks along our way.

Be our strength in hours of weakness,In our wanderings, be our guide;Through endeavor, hardship, danger,Father, be thou at our side!

Ours to sow the seed in sorrow,Thine to bid it spring and grow;And the golden days of autumnWill a precious harvest show.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1061» (large) in the left column of p. 364, under stanza 3 of hymn 1060 and its «Anon.», then in italics and brackets «[Tune, Stockwell, No. 162.]» (sing to the tune STOCKWELL, hymn 162, 8s & 7s.), then «8s & 7s.» in bold at the right of the column. Four stanzas of four lines: stanzas 1–3 in the left column, stanza 4 at the head of the right column (above hymn 1062), followed by «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned. The stanza numbers are printed without a full stop («1 FATHER», «2 Not», «3 Be», «4 Ours»), written «1.»–«4.» here as in the other deliveries of this book. The first word «FATHER» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «Father». Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented. The printer's thin space before «!» and «;» («offer !», «guide ;», «side !», «grow ;») is closed up here. Spelling («endeavor»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.