O God, the Eternal Father
First line: O God th’ eternal Father, Who dwells / O God, the Eternal Father / O God th’ eternal Father, Who dwells amid the sky / O God th’eternal Father / O God, th’ eternal Father / O God, th’Eternal Father, Who dwells amid the sky / O God, the eternal Father, Who dwells
Original language: English
Words: William W. Phelps
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyrics (Return to top)
O God, the Eternal Father
Hymns
(1985, 2002 ed.), 175
1. O God, th’Eternal Father,Who dwells amid the sky,In Jesus’ name we ask theeTo bless and sanctify,If we are pure before thee,This bread and cup of wine,That we may all rememberThat offering divine—
2. That sacred, holy off’ring,By man least understood,To have our sins remittedAnd take his flesh and blood,That we may ever witnessThe suff’ring of thy Son,And always have his SpiritTo make our hearts as one.
3. When Jesus, the Anointed,Descended from aboveAnd gave himself a ransomTo win our souls with love—With no apparent beauty,That man should him desire—He was the promised Savior,To purify with fire.
4. How infinite that wisdom,The plan of holiness,That made salvation perfectAnd veiled the Lord in flesh,To walk upon his footstoolAnd be like man, almost,In his exalted station,And die, or all was lost.
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These charts show the use of this song in English hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If a song appears in multiple editions of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once. [undetermined] means that tune information has not yet been entered in.
Tunes that have appeared with this song in English
Appearances of this song over time in English
Tune: Abschied / Seasons (by Felix Mendelssohn) (Return to top) Tune 175
O God, the Eternal Father
Hymns: Simplified Accompaniments (1986, 1986 ed.), no. 110
Arr.: Darwin Wolford
Tune: Passion Chorale / Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen (by Hans Leo Hassler) (Return to top) Tune 197
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the eternal Father
The Hymnal (RLDS) (1956, 1966 ed.), 260a
Arr.: Johann Sebastian Bach
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the eternal Father
The Hymnal (RLDS) (1956, 1958 ed.), 260a
Arr.: Johann Sebastian Bach
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the eternal Father
The Hymnal (RLDS) (1956, 1956 ed.), 260a
Arr.: Johann Sebastian Bach
Tune: Phelps (by Old tune) (Return to top) Tune 6914
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the Eternal Father
Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 2008 ed.), 268
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the eternal Father
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the eternal Father
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the eternal Father
Tune: Supplication (by George Careless) (Return to top) Tune 5054
Tune: Webb (by George J. Webb) (Return to top) Tune 1234
Unofficial or Local Publications
O God th’eternal Father
[undetermined] (Return to top)
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God Th’ Eternal Father
Zion’s Hymnal (Church of Christ, Temple Lot) (1975, 2013 ed.), 385
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O, God, The Eternal Father
Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 1998 ed.), 211
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O, God, The Eternal Father
Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 1984 ed.), 211
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God Th’ Eternal Father
Zion’s Hymnal (Church of Christ, Temple Lot) (1975, 1975 ed.), 385
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God th’ Eternal Father
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God th’Eternal Father
The Hymnal for Youth (Herald Edition, RLDS) (1951, 1955 ed.), 377
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God th’ Eternal Father, Who dwells amid the sky
The Saints’ Hymnal (RLDS, Replica) (1933, 1998-replica ed.), 384
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God th’ Eternal Father, Who dwells amid the sky
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God th’ Eternal Father, Who dwells amid the sky
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Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God, the eternal Father
Selected Hymns from Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1989, 2002 ed.), 211
Unofficial or Local Publications
O God th’ eternal Father
Unofficial or Local Publications
O God, th’ eternal Father
Other Restoration-Based Denominations
O God the eternal Father
Unofficial or Local Publications
O God, th’ eternal Father, Who dwells
Unofficial or Local Publications
O God th’ eternal Father, Who dwells amid the sky
