Heav’nly Father, Thou Hast Brought Us

Heav’nly Fa­ther

Thou hast brought us

Safely to the pre­sent day

Gently lead­ing on our foot­steps

Watching o’er us all the way.

Friend and guide through life’s long jour­ney

Grateful hearts to Thee we bring;

But for love so true and change­less

How shall we fit prais­es sing?

Mercies new and nev­er fail­ing

Brightly shine through all the past

Watchful care and lov­ing-kind­ness

Always near from first to last

Tender love

di­vine pro­tect­ion

Ever with us day and night;

Blessings more than we can num­ber

Strow the path with gold­en light.

Shadows deep have crossed our path­way;

We have trem­bled in the storm;

Clouds have ga­thered round so dark­ly

That we could not see Thy form;

Yet Thy love hath nev­er left us

In our griefs alone to be

And the help each gave the oth­er

Was the strength that came from Thee.

Many that we loved have left us

Reaching first their jour­ney’s end;

Now they wait to give us wel­come

Brother

sister

child and friend.

When at last our jour­ney’s ov­er

And we pass away from sight

Father

take us through the dark­ness

Into ev­er­last­ing light.