Children of the Heavenly Father
Text: Carolina Sandell Berg; trans. by Ernst W Olson
Music: Traditional Swedish melody
Tune: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA, Meter: LM.
Children of the heav'nly Father
Safely in His bosom gather;
Nestlingbird nor star in heaven
Such a refuge e'er was given.
God His own doth tend and nourish;
In His holy courts they flourish.
From all evil things He spares them;
In His mighty arms He bares them.
Neither life nor death shall ever
From the Lord His children sever;
Unto them His grace He showeth,
And their sorrows all He knoweth.
Tho' He giveth or He taketh,
God His children ne'er forsaketh;
His the loving purpose solely
To preserve them pure and holy.
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