Holy Fa­ther, Thou hast taught us
We should live to Thee alone;
Year by year, Thy hand hath brought us
On thro’ dan­gers oft un­known.
When we wan­dered, Thou hast found us,
When we doubt­ed, sent us light;
Still Thine arm has been around us,
All our paths were in Thy sight.

In the world will foes as­sail us,
Craftier, strong­er far than we;
And the strife will ne­ver fail us,
Till our death shall set us free;
Therefore, Lord, we come be­liev­ing
Thou canst give the pow­er we need,
Through the pray­er of faith re­ceiv­ing
Strength, the Spir­it’s strength, in­deed.

We would trust in Thy pro­tect­ing,
Wholly rest up­on Thine arm,
Follow whol­ly Thy di­rect­ing,
Thou our on­ly guard from harm;
Keep us from our own un­do­ing,
Help us turn to Thee when tried;
Still our foot­steps, Fa­ther! view­ing
Keep us ev­er at Thy side.