I Lord of our life, and God of our salvation, Star of our night, and hope of every nation, Hear and receive thy people's supplication, Lord God almighty.
2 Grant us thy help till foes are backward driven, Grant them thy truth, that they may be forgiven, Grant peace on earth, and, after we have striven, Peace in thy heaven.
3 Peace in our hearts our evil thoughts assuaging, Peace in thy church, where brothers are engaging, Peace, when the world its busy war is waging, Send us, O Father.
Tune, SOHO (See opposite page) I To thee, my God, whose presence fills The earth, and seas, and skies,
To thee, whose name, whose heart is love,
With all my powers I rise.
2 Troubles in long succession roll; Wave rushes upon wave; Pity, O pity my distress!
Thy child, thy suppliant, save!
3 To thee, my God, alone I look, On thee alone confide;
Thou never hast deceived the soul That on thy grace relied.
4 Though oft thy ways are wrapped in clouds
Mysterious and unknown,
Truth, righteousness, and mercy stand The pillars of thy throne.
Rev. Thomas Gibbons, 1720
I Father, in thy mysterious presence kneeling, Fain would our souls feel all thy kindling love; For we are weak, and need some deep revealing Of trust and strength and calmness from above.
2 Lord, we have wandered forth through doubt and sorrow, And thou hast made each step an onward one;
And we will ever trust each unknown morrow, Thou wilt sustain us till its work is done.
3 In the heart's depths a peace serene and holy Abides, and when pain seems to have its will, Or we despair, O may that peace rise slowly, Stronger than agony, and we be still!
4 Now, Father, now, in thy dear presence kneeling, Our spirits yearn to feel thy kindling love: Now make us strong, we need thy deep revealing Of trust and strength and calmness from above. Rev. Samuel Johnson, 1822
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