Text: | The Tender Love a Father Has |
Tune: | TALLIS ORDINAL |
Composer: | Thomas Tallis |
1 The tender love a father has
for all his children dear--
such love the Lord bestows on those
who worship him in fear.
2 The Lord remembers we are dust,
and all our frailty knows;
our life is like the tender grass,
and as the flower it grows.
3 The flower is withered by the wind
that smites with blighting breath;
so we are quickly swept away
before the blast of death.
4 Unchanging is the love of God,
from age to age the same,
displayed to all who do his will
and reverence his name.
5 Those who his gracious covenant keep
the Lord will ever bless;
their children's children shall rejoice
to see his righteousness.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The tender love a father has |
Title: | The Tender Love a Father Has |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Publication Date: | 2012 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Angels; Atonement; Biblical Names and Places: Israel(64 more...) |
Source: | Psalter, 1912, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TALLIS ORDINAL |
Composer: | Thomas Tallis (ca. 1567) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Key: | D Major |