Thy Presence, Gracious God, Afford

Thy pre­sence

gra­cious God

af­ford;

Prepare us to re­ceive Thy Word:

Now let Thy voice en­gage our ear

And faith be mixed with what we hear.

Distracting thoughts and cares re­move

And fix our hearts and hopes above:

With food di­vine may we be fed

And sa­tis­fied with liv­ing bread.

To us the sac­red Word ap­ply

With sov­er­eign pow­er and en­er­gy;

And may we

in Thy faith and fear

Reduce to prac­tice what we hear.

Father

in us Thy Son re­veal;

Teach us to know and do Thy will.

Thy sav­ing power and love dis­play

And guide us to the realms of day.