1 OUR Father, throned above the sky,
To thee our empty hands we spread;
Thy children at thy footstool lie,
And ask thy blessings on their head.
2 Let mercy all our sins dispel,
As clouds before the solar beam;
Our souls from bondage and from hell
To liberty and life redeem.
3 With cheerful hope and filial fear
In that august and precious name,
By thee ordain'd, we now draw near,
And would the promised blessing claim.
4 Our heavenly Father ever more
Let thy divine compassion rise;
And open thy unbounded store
To satisfy thy children's cries.
5 Still we will ask, and seek and press
For gracious audience to thy seat;
Still hoping, waiting for success,
In persevering to entreat.
OUR Father-we adore
That all commanding name:
O may it virtue's strength restore,
And raise devotion's flame!
And filial homage pay;
With heart and life, with tongue and hands,
We'll cheerfully obey.
No more will we transgress,
As we too oft have done;
But every sinful thought suppress,
Each sinful action shun.
Each day we'll seek with care
Our Father's will to please,
And in this course will persevere,
By thine assisting grace.
Do thou the strength impart
This purpose to fulfil:
Lord! write thy laws on every heart,
That we may know thy will.
1 OUR hearts and all our ways, O God!
By thee are searched and seen,
Our outward acts thine eye observes,
Our secret thoughts within.
2 Attendant on our steps, all day
Thy providence we see;
And in the solitude of night
We 're present still with thee..
3 Goodness, and majesty, and power, Through all thy works are shown,
Clearly display'd in nature's frame,
And fully in our own.
4 O! if within our thoughtless hearts,
Thou aught should'st disapprove,
The secret evil bring to light,
And by thy grace remove.
5 If e'er our ways have been perverse,
Or foolish in thy view,
Recall our steps to thy commands,
And form our lives anew.
1 OUR Maker and our King!
To thee our all we owe;
Thy sovereign bounty is the spring
From whence our blessings flow.
2 Thou ever good and kind!
A thousand reasons move,
A thousand obligations bind
Our hearts to grateful love.
3 The creatures of thy hand,
On thee alone we live;
O God, thy benefits demand
More praise than we can give.
4 Shall we withhold thy due?
And shall our passions rove?
Lord, form these wretched hearts anew,
And fill them with thy love.
5 O let thy grace inspire
Our souls with strength divine; Let all our powers to thee aspire, And all our days be thine.
1 OUR souls shall bless thee O our God!
Through all our mortal days;
And to eternity prolong
Thy vast, thy boundless praise.
2 In each bright hour of peace and hope,
Be this our sweet employ:
Devotion heightens all our bliss,
And sanctifies our joy.
3 In all thy mercies may our souls
A Father's bounty see;
Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows,
Estrange our hearts from thee.
4 Through every changing stage of life,
Each bright, each clouded scene;
Lord give us meek and humble minds,
Still equal and serene.
5 And though these lips shall cease to move,
Though death shall close these eyes,
Yet shall our souls to nobler heights
Of joy and transport rise.
6 Then let our powers in endless strains
Their grateful tribute pay;
The theme demands a nobler song,
And an eternal day.
1 PARENT of good! thy works of might,
We trace with wonder and delight;
Thy name is all divine.
There's nought in earth, or sea or air,
Or heaven above, of good or fair,
But is entirely thine.
2 Immensely high thy glories rise:
They strike our souls with sweet surprise;
And sacred pleasure yield:
An ocean wide without a bound,
Where every noble wish is drown'd
And every want is filled.
3 To thee, our warm affections move,
In sweet astonishment and love;
While at thy feet we bend:
To thee our ardent wishes rise:
To thee enthroned above the skies,
Our fervent prayers ascend.
4 What shall we do to spread thy praise,
O God! through our remaining days?
O how thy name adore?
To thee we consecrate our breath:
Let us be thine, in life and death;
And thine for evermore.
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