Eternal Father, throned above, Thou fountain of redeeming love

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Eternal Father, throned above, Thou fountain of redeeming love

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Eternal Father! throned above,
Thou Fountain of redeeming love!
Eternal Word! Who left Thy throne
For man's rebellion to atone;
Eternal Spirit, Who dost give
That grace whereby our spirits live;
Thou God of our salvation, be
Eternal praise paid to Thee.

The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

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First Line:	Eternal Father, throned above, Thou fountain of redeeming love
Meter:	8.8.8.8 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

JORDAN (Barnby)

One of the 246 hymn tunes by Joseph Barnby (PHH 438), JORDAN was published in The Hymnary (1872) as a setting for "Sing to the Lord a Joyful Song." JORDAN contains several repeated phrases. Barnby originally composed the tune to be sung in harmony with phrases 5 and 7 sung in unison, although the fu…

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WARD (Scottish)

LONG

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