We Rise to Praise Thee

We rise to praise Thee now

dear Lord

For all the bless­ings of Thy Word

And for the light which Thou hast giv’n

To show the path that leads to Heav’n;

But oth­ers in the dark to­day

Are fail­ing still to find the way;

O grant Thy king­dom soon may come;

Bring all Thy child­ren safe­ly home.

Yet as we pray

con­demned we stand;

To us Thou gav­est the com­mand

Go ye in­to the world and preach

The Gos­pel to all na­tions teach;

With deep con­tri­tion

Lord

we own

As now we stand be­fore Thy throne

How lit­tle we have done to bring

The world to Thee

its right­ful king.

Forgive us

Lord

and make us know

Just the right thing for each to do;

Come now and with Thy Spir­it fill

That we may do Thy per­fect will:

Then we may pray

and Thou wilt hear

And give the an­swers to the pray­er

That Thou wilt make Thy king­dom come

And bring Thy ran­somed child­ren home.