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FATHER ALMIGHTY, BLESS US WITH THY BLESSING

Scripture Verse

He lifted up His hands, and blessed them. Luke 24:50

Introduction

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Friedrich F. Flemming
(1778–1813)

Words: Lo­am­mi J. Ware, 19th Cen­tu­ry, cen­to, alt. The on­ly hym­nal we have seen which iden­ti­fies Ware as the au­thor of these words is the Book of Wor­ship for Unit­ed States Forc­es (Wash­ing­ton, DC: Armed Forc­es Chap­lains Board, 1974), num­ber 121.

Music: Flem­ming Fried­rich F. Flem­ming, 1811 (🔊 ). Flem­ming wrote the tune for male voic­es for part of Hor­ace’s ode In­te­ger Vi­tae. It was first pub­lished as a hymn tune in the 1875 edi­tion of the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Psalm­ist.

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Lyrics

Father Al­migh­ty, bless us with Thy bless­ing,
[alternate first line:
O ho­ly Fa­ther, bless us with Thy bless­ing]
 Answer in love Thy child­ren’s sup­pli­ca­tion;
Hear Thou our pray­er, the spok­en and un­spok­en;
Hear us, O Fa­ther.

Shepherd of souls, who bring­est all who seek Thee
To pas­tures green, be­side the peace­ful wa­ters;
Tenderest Guide, in ways of cheer­ful du­ty,
Lead us, good Shep­herd.

Father of mer­cy, from Thy watch and keep­ing
No place can part, nor hour of time re­move us;
Give us Thy good, and save us from our ev­il,
Infinite Spir­it!