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<h2>AND NOW, O FATHER, MINDFUL OF THE LOVE</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“We will remember Thy love.” Song of Solomon 1:4</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<p><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_m_o_monk_wh.jpg" alt="William Henry Monk (1823-1889)" hspace="15" vspace="5" align="right" width="139.333333333333" height="178.666666666667"><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_r_bright_w.html" target="_blank">William Bright</a>, 1874.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Unde et Memores,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_o_monk_wh.html" target="_blank">William Henry Monk</a>, 1875 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_u_n_undeetme.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>And now, O Father, mindful of the love<br>
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That bought us, once for all, on Calvary’s tree,<br>
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And having with us Him that pleads above,<br>
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We here present, we here spread forth to Thee,<br>
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That only offering perfect in Thine eyes,<br>
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The one true, pure, immortal sacrifice.</p>
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<p>Look, Father, look on His anointed face,<br>
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And only look on us as found in Him;<br>
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Look not on our misusings of Thy grace,<br>
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Our prayer so languid, and our faith so dim;<br>
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For lo! between our sins and their reward,<br>
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We set the passion of Thy Son our Lord.</p>
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<p>And then for those, our dearest and our best,<br>
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By this prevailing presence we appeal;<br>
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O fold them closer to Thy mercy’s breast!<br>
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O do Thine utmost for their souls’ true weal!<br>
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From tainting mischief keep them white and clear,<br>
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And crown Thy gifts with strength to persevere.</p>
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<p>And so we come; O draw us to Thy feet,<br>
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Most patient Savior, Who canst love us still!<br>
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And by this food, so awful and so sweet,<br>
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Deliver us from every touch of ill:<br>
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In Thine own service make us glad and free,<br>
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And grant us nevermore to part with Thee.</p>
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