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v.1 O my Father, thou that dwellest 
v.2 For a wise and glorious purpose 
v.3 I had learned to call thee Father, 
v.4 When I leave htis frail existence, 
       D7                G 
In the high and glorious place, 
Thou hast placed me here on earth 
Thru thy Spirit from on high, 
When I lay this mortal by, 
                        D 
When shall I regain thy presence 
And witheld the recollection 
But, until the key of knowledge 
Father, Mother, may I meet you 
    D7               G 
And again behold thy face? 
Of my former friends and birth; 
Was restored, I knew not why. 
In your royal courts on high? 
       C        G 
In thy holy habitation, 
Yet ofttimes a secret something 
In the heav'ns are parents single? 
Then, at length, when I've completed 
       D7          G 
Did my spirit once reside? 
Whispered, "you're a stranger here," 
No, the thought makes reason stare! 
All you sent me forth to do, 
      C              G 
In my first primeval childhood 
And I felt that I had wandered 
Truth is reason; truth eternal 
With your mutual approbation 
      D                 G 
Was I nurtured near thy side? 
From a more exalted sphere. 
Tells me I've a mother there. 
Let me come and dwell with you.