Father!–to God himself we cannot give a holier name.

Wordsworth’s line elevates the human term “Father” into a theological claim: among the names available to human speech, none is more reverent or intimate than the familial title used for God. The statement implies that the idea of fatherhood—care, origin, authority, and love—provides the closest human analogue for conceiving the divine. It also suggests a moral weight to earthly fatherhood: if “Father” is the holiest name we can offer God, then the role carries sacred resonance in human life as well. The dash and apostrophe (“Father!”) convey an emotional, prayer-like immediacy rather than abstract doctrine.