Talk:Arthur Campbell Ainger

Hymn 'God of our fathers, unto thee'

The article is disproportionately taken up with uncited mention of a less well known hymn of his. Lyrics are less appropriate to have in a biographical article and would be more suited to a separate article on the hymn. I have raised a citation need against the paragraph introducing the hymn and decided to delete the 'original words' from the article but reproduce them here in case they are of use to other writers who could build an article over them.

Original words:

1 God of our fathers, unto Thee Our fathers cried in danger's hour, And then Thou gavest them to see The acts of Thine Almighty power. They cried to Thee, and Thou didst hear; They called on Thee and Thou didst save; And we, their sons, today draw near Thy Name to praise, Thy help to crave.

2 Thine is the Majesty, O Lord, Thine dominion over all; When Thou commandest, at Thy word Great kings and nations rise or fall. For eastern realms, for western coasts, For islands wash'd by wave an’ sea, The praise be given, Lord of Hosts, Not unto us but unto Thee.

3 If in Thy grace Thou should'st allow Our fame to wax thro' coming days, Still grant us humbly, then as now, Thy help to crave, Thy Name to praise. Not all alike in speech nor birth, Alike we bow before Thy throne; Our fatherland throughout the earth Our Father's noble acts we own.

4 God of our fathers, now we stand, United in eternal bond, In death, we reach our father land, With Christ, our Savior, and our God. With grateful hearts, we sing Thy praise, For all the wonders Thou hast done, And as we journeyed through life's maze, We’d trust the Father, Ghost, and Son.

It is also unclear if the revision of the hymn by J M Morris was something done in Ainger's lifetime - if after his lifetime, that is irrelevant to an article on Ainger.Cloptonson (talk) 10:33, 28 February 2026 (UTC)