O Father, Hear My Morning Prayer

O Fa­ther

hear my morn­ing pray­er

Thine aid im­part to me

That I may make my life to­day

Acceptable to Thee.

May this de­sire my spir­it rule

And

as the mo­ments fly

Something of good be born in me

Something of ev­il die.

Some grace that seeks my heart to win

With shin­ing vic­to­ry meet;

Some sin that strives for mas­te­ry

Find ov­er­throw com­plete.

That so through­out the com­ing day

The hours shall car­ry me

A lit­tle farth­er from the world

A lit­tle near­er Thee.