For the Deep Love That Kept Us

For the deep love that

Kept us through the night

And gave our sens­es to sleep’s gen­tle sway;

For this new won­der of morn­ing’s dawn­ing light

Flushing the east with pro­phe­cies of day

We thank Thee

O our God.

For the fresh life that

Through our be­ing flows

With its full tide to en­rich and to bless;

For calm

sweet thoughts

Upspringing from re­pose

To bear to Thee our song of thank­ful­ness

We praise Thee

O our God.

Day ut­ters speech to day

And night to night

Tells of Thy glo­ry and pow­er. So would we

Thy child­ren

du­ly

with morn­ing’s gold­en light

Or still at eve

up­on the bend­ed knee

Adore Thee

O our God.

Thou know­est our needs

Thy full­ness will sup­ply;

Our blind­ness

Thy hand will still lead us on;

Till we shall see the Day­spring from on high

Our pray­er

one on­ly

Let Thy will be done

We breathe to Thee

O God.