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<h2>CHILDREN OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER</h2>
<p align="center"><h3>&#8220;Great is the love the Father has lavished on us&#8230;children of God.&#8221; 1 John 3:1</h3></p>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_s_a_sandell-berg_kw.jpg" alt="Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg (1832-1903)" width="133.333333333333" height="178.666666666667"></td>
<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_s_a_sandell-berg_kw.html" target="_blank">Karolina Wilhelmina Sandell-Berg</a>, 1858; translated from Swedish to English by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_o_l_olson_ew.html" target="_blank">Ernst William Olson</a>, 1925.
<p><em>Music:</em> &#8220;Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara&#8221; (No One Can Be Safer), Swedish melody, arranged by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_a_h_ahnfelt_o.html" target="_blank">Oskar Ahnfelt</a> (1813-1882) </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_t_r_tryggare.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</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 class="just">Shortly before writing this hymn, Lina Sandell and her father were on a boat trip when he fell overboard and drowned before her eyes. It is thought this tragedy gave birth to the lyrics.</p>
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<p>Children of the heavenly Father<br>
Safely in His bosom gather;<br>
Nestling bird nor star in heaven<br>
Such a refuge ever was given.</p>
<p>God His own doth tend and nourish;<br>
In His holy courts they flourish;<br>
From all evil things He spares them;<br>
In His mighty arms He bears them.</p>
<p>Neither life nor death shall ever<br>
From the Lord His children sever;<br>
Unto them His grace He showeth,<br>
And their sorrows all He knoweth.</p>
<p>Though He giveth or He taketh,<br>
God His children never forsaketh;<br>
His the loving purpose solely<br>
To preserve them pure and holy.</p>
<p>Lo, their very hairs He numbers,<br>
And no daily care encumbers<br>
Them that share His every blessing<br>
And His help in woes distressing.</p>
<p>Praise the Lord in joyful numbers:<br>
Your Protector never slumbers.<br>
At the will of your Defender<br>
Every foeman must surrender.</p>
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