O Thou Who Hast, in Every Age

O Thou who hast

in ev­ery age

Thy trust­ing peo­ple safe­ly led

On us

who in Thy work en­gage

Thy Spir­it’s guid­ing in­flu­ence shed.

As moon and stars their beams unite

To gild and glad­den ev­ery zone

So blend Thy Word and works their light

To make Thy grace and glo­ry known.

Though Thou art ho­ly

wise

and great

And we are sin­ful worms of clay

Thou dost re­gard our low es­tate

And bend to list­en while we pray.

On those who sow in youth­ful minds

The seeds of har­vests yet to be

Bestow the liv­ing faith

which binds

The heart in loy­al love to Thee.

Protect our youth from ev­ery foe

And lead in paths of truth and peace;

As they in age and know­ledge grow

May faith and ho­li­ness in­crease.

So to Thy Church

in wis­dom taught

May men of nob­ler life be giv­en;

Until

by ho­ly deed and thought

This world is lift­ed near­er Heav­en.