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FATHER, SEE THY CHILDREN

Scripture Verse

Christ that died…is even at the right hand of God…[and] maketh intercession for us. Romans 8:34

Introduction

Words: Will­iam H. H. Jer­vois & Will­iam B. Trev­el­yan, in The Eng­lish Hym­nal (Lon­don: Ox­ford Uni­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), num­ber 308. The hymn was first pub­lished, with a re­frain, in Ad­di­tion­al Hymns, by C. W. A. Brooke, 1903.

Music: Ado­ro Te (Van Damme) as giv­en by Ca­non Van Damme of Ghent (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

Father, see Thy child­ren bend­ing at Thy throne,
Pleading here the Pass­ion of Thine on­ly Son,
Pleading here be­fore Thee all His dy­ing love,
As He pleads it ev­er in the courts ab­ove.

Not for our wants on­ly we this Of­fer­ing plead,
But for all Thy child­ren, who Thy mer­cy need;
Bless Thy faith­ful people, win Thy wan­der­ing sheep,
Keep the souls de­part­ed who in Je­sus sleep.