Thou Didst Teach the Thronging People

Thou didst teach the throng­ing peo­ple

By blue Ga­li­lee;

Speak to us

Thy err­ing child­ren

Teach us pur­ity.

Thou whose touch could heal the le­per

Make the blind to see;

Touch our hearts and turn the sin­ning

Unto pur­ity.

Thou whose word could still the tem­pest

Calm the rag­ing sea;

Hush the storm of hu­man pass­ion;

Give us pur­ity.

Thou didst sinless meet the tempt­er;

Grant

O Christ

that we

May o’er­come the bent to ev­il

By Thy pur­ity.