O Christ, who hast pre­pared a place
For us around Thy throne of grace,
We pray Thee, lift our hearts above,
And draw them with the cords of love.

Source of all good, Thou, gra­cious Lord,
Art our ex­ceed­ing great re­ward;
How tran­si­ent is our pre­sent pain,
How bound­less our eter­nal gain!

With op­en face and joy­ful heart,
We then shall see Thee as Thou art:
Our love shall ne­ver cease to glow,
Our praise shall ne­ver cease to flow.

Thy ne­ver-fail­ing grace to prove,
A sure­ty of Thine end­less love,
Send down Thy Ho­ly Ghost, to be
The rais­er of our souls to Thee.