O Lord and Leader of Our Needy Race

O Lord and leader of our needy race

Help us to gain Thy beau­ty and Thy grace;

Make us more near­ly

Like Thy­self

we pray

And mold us in

Thine im­age day by day.

Come and dwell in us with Thy ra­di­ant pow­er;

Shine thro’ our life in ev­ery fleet­ing hour;

Speak through our lips;

May we be filled with Thee

That all in us

The lov­ing Christ may see.

May we be Christ­like in our love of truth

Christlike in serv­ice

help­ing age and youth;

More like our Mas­ter

Bearing pain or loss

Glad in God’s will

E’en tho’ it bring a cross.

Come

bless­èd Sav­ior

mas­ter ev­ery heart

To long­ing souls Thy peace and pow­er im­part;

And when at last

Thy glo­ry we shall see

Crowned with Thy strength

And beauty may we be.