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