Lo! now is our ac­cept­ed day,
The time for purg­ing sins away,
The sins of thought, and deed, and word,
That we have done against the Lord.

For He the mer­ci­ful and true
Hath spared His peo­ple hi­ther­to;
Not will­ing that the soul should die,
Though great its past ini­qui­ty.

Then let us all with ear­nest care,
And con­trite fast, and tear and pray­er,
And works of mer­cy and of love,
Entreat for par­don from above;

That He may all our sins ef­face,
Adorn us with the gifts of grace,
And join us to the an­gel band,
Forever in the hea­ven­ly land.

Blest Three in One and One in Three,
Almighty God, we pray to Thee,
That Thou wouldst now vouch­safe to bless
Our fast with fruits of right­eous­ness.