Oh My Father
"Oh My Father" (Eliza R Snow 1804-1887) (Job 18:7 Isa. 14:13 Rev. 12:7 Luke 10:18 Rom. 8:16-17 Acts17: 22-31) "Oh my Father, thou that dwell-est 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? For a wise and glorious purpose Thou hast placed me here on earth. And withheld the recollection Of my former friends and birth. Yet oft-times a secret something Whispered, “You’re a stranger here,” And I felt that I had wandered from a more exalted sphere. I had learned to call thee Father, thru 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’s eternal Tells me I’ve a mother there. When I ...