Father, Most High, be with us,
Unseen, Thy good­ness show­ing,
And Christ the Word In­car­nate,
And Spi­rit grace be­stow­ing.
O Tri­ni­ty, O One­ness
Of light and pow­er ex­ceed­ing;
O God of God Eter­nal
O God, from Both pro­ceed­ing!

While day­light hours are pass­ing,
We live and work be­fore Thee;
Now, ere we rest in slum­ber,
We ga­ther to adore Thee.
Our Chris­tian name and call­ing
Of our new birth re­mind us;
The Spi­rit’s gifts and seal­ing
To firm obe­di­ence bind us.

Begone, ye pow­ers of ev­il
With snares and wiles un­ho­ly!
Disturb not with your tempt­ings
The spi­rits of the low­ly.
Depart! for Christ is pre­sent,
Beside us, yea, with­in us;
Away! His sign, ye know it,
The vic­to­ry shall win us.

Awhile the body rest­eth;
The spi­rit, wake­ful ev­er,
Abideth in com­mun­ion
With Christ, who sleep­eth ne­ver,
To God, th’Eter­nal Fa­ther,
To Christ, our sure sal­va­tion,
To God, the Ho­ly Spi­rit,
Be end­less ado­ra­tion.