O Strength and Stay

O strength and stay up­hold­ing all cre­ation

Who ev­er dost Thy­self un­moved ab­ide;

Yet day by day the light in due gra­da­tion

From hour to hour through all its chang­es guide.

Grant to life’s day a calm un­cloud­ed end­ing

An eve un­touched by sha­dows of de­cay

The bright­ness of a ho­ly death­bed blend­ing

With dawn­ing glo­ries of the eter­nal day.

Hear us

O Fa­ther

gra­cious and for­giv­ing

Through Je­sus Christ Thy co-eter­nal Word

Who

with the Ho­ly Ghost

by all things liv­ing

Now and to end­less ag­es art ado­red.