Verse 1

FORTH in Thy name, O Lord, I go, My daily labor to pursue, Thee, only Thee, resolved to know In all I think or speak or do.

Verse 2

The task Thy wisdom hath assigned O let me cheerfully fulfill, In all my works Thy presence find, And prove Thy acceptable will.

Verse 3

Thee may I set at my right hand, Whose eyes my inmost substance see, And on at Thy command, And offer all my works to Thee.

Verse 4

Give me to bear Thy easy yoke, And every moment watch and pray, And still to things eternal look, And hasten to Thy glorious day:

Verse 5

For thee delightfully employ whate’er Thy bounteous grace hath given, And run my course with even joy, And closely walk with Thee to heaven.

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