Oh My Father

O 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 Near Thy side I had learned to call thee Father Through Thy Spirit from on high But 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 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 And dwell with you