O Thou who hast, in ev­ery age,
Thy trust­ing peo­ple safe­ly led,
On us, who in Thy work en­gage,
Thy Spir­it’s guid­ing in­flu­ence shed.

As moon and stars their beams unite,
To gild and glad­den ev­ery zone,
So blend Thy Word and works their light,
To make Thy grace and glo­ry known.

Though Thou art ho­ly, wise, and great,
And we are sin­ful worms of clay,
Thou dost re­gard our low es­tate,
And bend to list­en while we pray.

On those who sow in youth­ful minds
The seeds of har­vests yet to be,
Bestow the liv­ing faith, which binds
The heart in loy­al love to Thee.

Protect our youth from ev­ery foe,
And lead in paths of truth and peace;
As they in age and know­ledge grow,
May faith and ho­li­ness in­crease.

So to Thy Church, in wis­dom taught,
May men of nob­ler life be gi­ven;
Until, by ho­ly deed and thought,
This world is lift­ed nearer Hea­ven.