Within the Father's House

Text by James Russell Woodford

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About this hymn

Date: 1863
Tune: Franconia
Composer: Johann Balthasar König
Key: Eb
Meter: 6 6 8 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Cloud, Consecration, Day, Eternal Life, Holiness, Jesus.

Lk 2:41-51 · Mal 3:1 · Jn 2:17 · 1Tim 3:16 · 1Cor 2:9

Musical background

Franconia is presented in the source key of Eb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: James Russell Woodford, 1863. Music: 'Franconia' Johann Balthasar König, 1738. Setting: William Henry Havergal, 1847. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2013 Revision.