We rise to praise Thee now, dear Lord,
For all the bless­ings of Thy Word,
And for the light which Thou hast giv’n,
To show the path that leads to Heav’n;
But oth­ers in the dark to­day
Are fail­ing still to find the way;
O grant Thy king­dom soon may come;
Bring all Thy child­ren safe­ly home.

Yet as we pray, con­demned we stand;
To us Thou gav­est the com­mand,
Go ye in­to the world and preach,
The Gos­pel to all na­tions teach;
With deep con­tri­tion, Lord, we own,
As now we stand be­fore Thy throne,
How lit­tle we have done to bring
The world to Thee, its right­ful king.

Forgive us, Lord, and make us know
Just the right thing for each to do;
Come now and with Thy Spir­it fill,
That we may do Thy per­fect will:
Then we may pray, and Thou wilt hear,
And give the an­swers to the pray­er,
That Thou wilt make Thy king­dom come,
And bring Thy ran­somed child­ren home.