John Nelson Darby, 'Father, Thy name our souls would bless,' written at Pau, in the south of France, 1879

025, 1881, 1903, 1932, 1951, 1962, 1973, 2001.	Darby, J. N. 18.11.1800-29.4.1882, b. Westminster. Trinity College, Dublin, 1825 C of Ireland deacon, then priest c1825- c1831, editor of 1881 LFHB, d. Sundridge House, Bournemouth, Dorset. C.M.
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Father, Thy name our souls would bless,	1Peter 1.17 And if ye call on the Father...
As children taught by grace,	1Th 4.9 ye yourselves are taught of God
Lift up our hearts in righteousness	Ps 25.1 Unto thee, Jehovah, do I lift up my soul...
And joy before Thy face.	Job 33.26 he shall see his face with joy
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Sweet is the confidence Thou giv'st,	Ps 65.5 O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth
Though high above our praise;	Ps 106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah? [who] can shew forth all his praise?
Our hearts resort to where Thou liv'st	Ps 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
In heav'n's unclouded rays.	Re 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.
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There in the purpose of Thy love	Prov 8.31 my delights were with the sons of men
Our place is now prepared,	Joh 14:2 In my Father’s house there are many abodes; were it not so, I had told you: for I go to prepare you a place;
As sons with Him who is above,	Eph 2.6 hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus
Who all our sorrows shared.	Isa 53.4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
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Absent as yet, we rest in hope,	2Cor 5.6 whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord
Treading the desert path,	Job 28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
Waiting for Him who takes us up	Php 3.20 we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ
Beyond the power of death.	Rev 21.4 God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying
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O Holy Father, keep us here	John 17.11 Holy Father
In that blest Name of love,	John 17.11 keep through thine own name
Walking before Thee without fear,	1John 4.18 perfect love casteth out fear
Till all be joy above.	Ps. 16.11 in thy presence is fulness of joy