Scripture Verse

We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1

Introduction

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Friedrich F. Flemming (1778–1813)

Words: An­gus S. Hib­bard, in Fa­vo­rite Hymns: A Col­lect­ion of the Best-Loved Hymns of the Am­er­ican Peo­ple (Wash­ing­ton, DC: F. J. Has­kin, 1938).

Music: Flem­ming Fried­rich F. Flem­ming, 1811 (🔊 pdf nwc). Flem­ming wrote the tune for male voic­es for part of Hor­ace’s ode In­te­ger Vi­tae. It was first pub­lished as a hymn tune in the 1875 edi­tion of the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Psalm­ist.

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Angus S. Hibbard
1860–1945

Lyrics

Father in Hea­ven, in Thy love abound­ing,
Hear these Thy child­ren through the world re­sound­ing,
Lord, in Thy prais­es thanks for peace abid­ing,
Ever abid­ing.

Filled be our hearts with peace be­yond com­par­ing,
Peace in Thy world, joy to all heart’s des­pair­ing,
Firm is our trust in Thee for peace en­dur­ing,
Ever en­dur­ing.

God of our fa­thers, strength­en ev­ery na­tion,
In Thy great peace where on­ly is sal­va­tion,
So may the world its fu­ture spread be­fore Thee
Thus to adore Thee.