Give Me, O Lord, Right Views of Thee

Give me

O Lord

right views of Thee

Thy glo­ri­ous na­ture

love

and might;

And draw my spir­it’s eyes to see

The things con­cealed from mor­tal sight;

And in the soul which Thou hast wrought

O breathe the un­der­stand­ing thought.

Give me

O Lord

right views of Thee

And of my­self and pur­pose here;

My life

my end

and des­ti­ny

My sec­ret dreams of hope and fear;

O Thou who standst be­hind it all

To Thee for light I look and call.

Give me

O Lord

right views of truth;

And give me

too

the hon­est mind

Which of its free­dom gives the proof

In sweet for­bear­ance broad and kind;

Which will not bar­ter

slight

or sell

The truth it sees

but guard it well.

Give me

O Lord

right views of truth;

Thy all dis­cern­ing Spir­it give

To bring light in ear­li­est youth

Thy liv­ing words by which men live;

Of all Thy gifts

I pray

im­part

A wise and un­der­stand­ing heart.