Verse 1

O HOW blest the hour, Lord Jesus, When we can to Thee draw near, Promises so sweet and precious From Thy gracious lips to hear.

Verse 2

Be with us this day to bless us, That we may not hear in vain; With the saving truths impress us, Which the words of life contain.

Verse 3

Open Thou our minds, and lead us Safely on our heavenward way; With the lamp of truth precede us, That we may not go astray.

Verse 4

Make us gentle, meek, and humble, And yet bold in doing right: Scatter darkness, lest we stumble; Men walk safely in the light.

Verse 5

Lord, endue Thy word from heaven With such light, and love, and power, That in us its silent leaven May work on from hour to hour.

Verse 6

Give us grace to bear our witness To the truths we have embraced; And let others both their sweetness And their quickening virtue taste.

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