Hymns - Our Father Thy Dear Name - Текст песни

Our Father, thy dear Name doth show
the greatness of thy love;
all are thy children here below
as in thy heaven above.
One family on earth are we
throughout its widest span:
O help us everywhere to see
the brotherhood of man.

Alike we share thy tender care;
we trust one heavenly Friend
before one mercy-seat in prayer
in confidence we bend;
alike we hear thy loving call;
one heavenly vision scan,
one Lord, one faith, one hope for all,
the brotherhood of man.

Bring in, we pray, the glorious day
when battle cries are stilled;
when bitter strife is swept away
and hearts with love are filled.
O help us banish pride and wrong,
which since the world began
have marred its peace; help us make strong
the brotherhood of man.

Close knit the warm fraternal tie
that makes the whole world one;
our discords change to harmony
like angel-songs begun:
at last, upon that brighter shore
complete thy glorious plan,
and heaven shall crown for evermore
the brotherhood of man. Charles H. Richards, 1910