Father of Peace, and God of Love

Father of peace, and God of love,
We own Thy pow’r to save,
That pow’r by which our Shepherd rose
Victorious o’er the grave.

Him from the dead Thou brought’st again,
When by His sacred blood,
Confirmed and sealed forevermore
Th’eternal cov’nant stood.

O may Thy Spirit seal our souls,
And mold them to Thy will,
That our weak hearts no more may stray,
But keep Thy cov’nant still.

That all we think and all we do
Be pleasing in Thy sight,
Through Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise
In endless glory bright.

Author: Philip Doddridge

Year: 1755

This text is a paraphrase of Hebrews 13:20-21 by Philip Doddridge; it first appeared in Job Orton's posthumous collection of Doddridge's hymns (1755). Some later hymnals attribute it to John Morison or list it as anonymous, but the original and most reliable attribution is to Doddridge.