"A Hymn to God the Father" genre: Choral
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	For SATB choir a capella. The piece, on a text of the renaissance poet Ben Jonson, explores the psyche of a man losing his faith, but desperately trying to hold on to it
	MP3.com CD: Ephemera - buy it! Credits: Conducted by Karen Cooksey - Performed by the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
	Lyrics A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER Hear me, O God! A broken heart, Is my best part; Use still thy rod, That I may prove Therein thy love. If thou hadst not Been stern to me, But left me free, I had forgot Myself and thee. For sin's so sweet, As minds ill bent Rarely repent, Until they meet Their punishment. Who more can crave Than thou hast done, That gavs't a Son, To free a slave? First made of naught, With all since bought. Sin, Death, and Hell, His glorious name Quite overcame, Yet I rebel, And slight the same But I'll come in Before my loss Me farther toss, As sure to win Under his cross.

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