LDS Hymn # 292
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Lyrics:
Oh my Father, thou that dwellest in the high and glorious place
When shall I regain thy presence and again behold thy face?
In thy holy habitation did my spirit once reside?
In my first primeval childhood was I nurtured near thy side?
For a wise and glorious purpose thou hast placed me here on earth
And withheld the recollection of my former friends and birth
Yet ofttimes a certain something whispers 'You're a stranger here'
And I felt that I had wandered from a more exalted sphere.
I had learned to call thee Father through thy Spirit from on high
Yet until the key of knowledge was restored, I knew not why
In the heavens are parents single? No! The thought makes reason stare
Truth is reason, truth eternal tells me I've a Mother there.
When I leave this frail existence, when I lay this mortal by
Father, Mother, may I meet you in your royal courts on high
Then at length when I've completed all you sent me forth to do
With your mutual approbation, let me come and dwell with you.
Text: Eliza R. Snow 1804-1887
Music: James McGranahan 1840-1907
- Topics:
- Comfort
- Exaltation
- Fatherhood
- Funeral
- God the Father
- Home
- Motherhood
- Plan of Salvation
- Premortal Life
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