Choral Akari Archive

Hear Us Now, Our God and Father

Hymn Information

Folder: Main III, no. 4
Tune used, name: 'Beecher' or 'Zundel'
Composer: Zundel, John (1815–1882); composed in 1870
Lyricists:

Copyright (text): © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship (stanzas 1 and 2); public domain (stanza 3)
Source used for representative text: from cathedralphila.org

Resources and Audios

Sheet music, project file and MIDI:

Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):

Audio file (all parts combined):

Representative Text

1
Hear us now, our God and Father;
Send your Spirit from above
On this Christian man and woman
Who here make their vows of love.
Bind their hearts in true devotion
Endless as the seashore's sands,
Boundless as the deepest ocean,
Blest and sealed by your own hands.

2
Give them joy to lighten sorrow;
Give them hope to brighten life.
Go with them to face the morrow;
Stay with them in every strife.
As your Word has promised, ever
Fill them with your strength and grace
So that each may serve the other
Till they see you face to face.

3
May the grace of Christ, our Savior,
And the Father’s boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit’s favor
Rest upon them from above.
Thus may they abide in union
With each other and the Lord,
And possess in sweet communion
Joys which earth cannot afford.