Hymn for the month of May-Oh my Father

Ok, so I forgot about my hymn of the month blogging tradition. But, I am going to fix it now! So the hymn that I have been thinking of a lot lately is "Oh my Father." A very LDS hymn. It was never really one of my favorites, until my mom told me it was one of her favorites. Then I paid more attention the next time I heard it, and of course it's a favorite of mine now too! One thing I think is really cool is that it was written by Eliza Snow, I'm pretty sure she was Lorenzo Snow's sister. Also, of course, the lyrics have a very sweet message. Full of lovely thoughts! Here it is:

Oh my Father

O my Father, thou that dwellest
In the high and glorious place,
When shall I regain thy presence
And again behold thy face?
In thy holy habitation,
Did my spirit once reside?
In my first primeval childhood
Was I nurtured near thy side?

For a wise and glorious purpose
Thou hast placed me here on earth
And withheld the recollection
Of my former friends and birth;
Yet ofttimes a secret something
Whispered, “You’re a stranger here,”
And I felt that I had wandered
From a more exalted sphere.

I had learned to call thee Father,
Thru thy Spirit from on high,
But, until the key of knowledge
Was restored, I knew not why.
In the heav’ns are parents single?
No, the thought makes reason stare!
Truth is reason; truth eternal
Tells me I’ve a mother there.

When I leave this frail existence,
When I lay this mortal by,
Father, Mother, may I meet you
In your royal courts on high?
Then, at length, when I’ve completed
All you sent me forth to do,
With your mutual approbation
Let me come and dwell with you

By Eliza R. Snow, 1804-1887

(Romans 8:16-17 & Acts 17:28-29 [22-31])