Wherefore, O Father

Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants
Here bring before Thee Christ, Thy well belovèd,
All perfect Offering, Sacrifice immortal,
Spotless oblation.

See now Thy children, making intercession
Through Him our Savior, Son of God incarnate,
For all Thy people, living and departed,
Pleading before Thee.

Author: William Henry Hammond Jervois

Year: 1900

This is a well-known eucharistic hymn from the English Hymnal (1906). It is almost universally attributed to W. H. H. Jervois (1852–1905), who wrote it around 1900; sometimes listed with slight spelling variants of his middle names.