_With the abundance of thy grace_.
Keep far our foes, give peace at home:
_Where thou art guide, no ill can come_.
Teach us to know the Father, Son,
_And thee, of both, to be but one_.
That, through the ages all along,
_This may be our endless song_:
Praise to thy eternal merit,
_Father, Son, and Holy Spirit_.
_Or this_:
Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, proceeding from above,
_Both from the Father and the Son, the God of peace and love_;
Visit our minds, into our hearts thy heavenly grace inspire;
_That truth and godliness we may pursue with full desire_.
Thou art the very Comforter in grief and all distress;
_The heav'nly gift of God most high, no tongue can it express_;
The fountain and the living spring of joy celestial;
_The fire so bright, the love so sweet, the unction spiritual_.
Thou in thy gifts art manifold, by them Christ's Church doth stand:
_In faithful hearts thou writ'st thy law, the finger of God's hand_.
According to thy promise, Lord, thou givest speech with grace;
_That through thy help God's praises may resound in every place_.
O Holy Ghost, into our minds send down thy heav'nly light;
_Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal to serve God day and night_.
Our weakness strengthen and confirm, (for, Lord, thou know'st us
frail;)
_That neither devil, world, nor flesh, against us may prevail_.