This day at Thy cre­at­ing Word
First o’er the earth the light was poured:
O Lord, this day up­on us shine
And fill our souls with light di­vine.

This day the Lord for sin­ners slain
In might vic­to­ri­ous rose again:
O Je­sus, may we raisèd be
From death of sin to life in Thee!

This day the Ho­ly Spi­rit came
With fie­ry tongues of clov­en flame:
O Spi­rit, fill our hearts this day
With grace to hear and grace to pray.

O day of light and life and grace,
From earth­ly toil sweet rest­ing place,
Thy hal­lowed hours, blest gift of love,
Give we again to God above.

All praise to God the Fa­ther be,
All praise, eter­nal Son, to Thee,
Whom, with the Spi­rit, we adore
Forever and for­ev­er­more.