| O Father, You are sovereignIn all the worlds You made;
 Your mighty Word was spoken,
 And light and life obeyed.
 Your voice commands the seasons
 And bounds the ocean’s shore,
 Sets stars within their courses
 And stills the tempests’ roar.
 O Father, You are sovereignIn all affairs of man;
 No powers of death or darkness
 Can thwart Your perfect plan.
 All chance and change transcending,
 Supreme in time and space,
 You hold your trusting children
 Secure in Your embrace.
 O Father, You are sovereignThe Lord of human pain,
 Transmuting earthly sorrows
 To gold of heavenly gain,
 All evil overruling,
 As none but Conqueror could,
 Your love pursues its purpose—
 Our souls’ eternal good.
 O Father, You are sovereign!We see You dimly now,
 But soon before Your triumph
 Earth’s every knee shall bow.
 With this glad hope before us
 Our faith springs forth anew:
 Our Sovereign Lord and Savior,
 We trust and worship You!
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