Father of Mercies, hear our prayers

Verse 1
Father of mercies, hear our prayers
For those that do us good,
Whose love for us a place prepares,
And gives the orphans food.

Verse 2
Their alms in blessings on their head
A thousand-fold restore,
O feed their souls with living bread,
And let their cup run o’er.

Verse 3
Forever in thy Christ built up
Thy bounty let them prove,
Steadfast in faith, joyful thro’ hope,
And rooted deep in love.

Verse 4
For those who kindly founded this
A better house prepare,
Remove them to thy heavenly bliss,
And let us meet them there.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "For Their Benefactors." Introduced in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1741), published by John Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1741). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 2 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 16.
Publishing: Public Domain