Wesley Corpus

A Hymn for Charity-Children (Another 2) Source: Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1741) Author: Charles Wesley (attributed) --- Father of mercy, hear our pray’r, In thee we move and live: How slow to wrath, how prone to spare, And ready to forgive. Thou chiefly dost thy boundless pow’r In acts of goodness shew; Thy mercy all thy works adore, Thence all our blessings flow. This still shall be our grateful theme, Thy praise we’ll ever sing; Our friends the kind refreshing stream, But thou th’ unfailing spring. Our joy would soon o’erflow the banks, And inundations raise, Did we not thus look down with thanks, And look to heaven with praise. To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Holy Ghost, Who yet are not three gods, but One Rever’d by all his host. The blest, eternal Trinity, Whom earth and heaven adore, All honour, praise and glory be Both now and evermore.