O strength and stay up­hold­ing all cre­ation,
Who ev­er dost Thy­self un­moved abide;
Yet day by day the light in due gra­da­tion
From hour to hour through all its chang­es guide.

Grant to life’s day a calm un­cloud­ed end­ing,
An eve un­touched by sha­dows of de­cay,
The bright­ness of a ho­ly death­bed blend­ing
With dawn­ing glo­ries of the eter­nal day.

Hear us, O Fa­ther, gra­cious and for­giv­ing,
Through Je­sus Christ Thy co-eter­nal Word,
Who, with the Ho­ly Ghost, by all things liv­ing
Now and to end­less ag­es art ado­red.