Hail, Sacred Truth!

Hail

sac­red Truth! whose pierc­ing rays

Dispel the shades of night;

Diffusing o’er the men­tal world

The heal­ing beams of light.

Thy Word

O Lord

with friend­ly aid

Restores our wan­d’ring feet

Converts the sor­rows of the mind

To joys di­vine­ly sweet.

O send Thy light and truth abroad

In all their ra­di­ant blaze

And bid th’ad­mir­ing world ad­ore

The glo­ries of Thy grace.