Father, Most High, Be with Us

Father

Most High

be with us

Unseen

Thy good­ness show­ing

And Christ the Word In­car­nate

And Spir­it grace be­stow­ing.

O Tri­ni­ty

O One­ness

Of light and pow­er ex­ceed­ing;

O God of God Eter­nal

O God

from Both pro­ceed­ing!

While day­light hours are pass­ing

We live and work be­fore Thee;

Now

ere we rest in slum­ber

We ga­ther to ad­ore Thee.

Our Christ­ian name and call­ing

Of our new birth re­mind us;

The Spir­it’s gifts and seal­ing

To firm obe­di­ence bind us.

Begone

ye pow­ers of ev­il

With snares and wiles un­ho­ly!

Disturb not with your tempt­ings

The spir­its of the low­ly.

Depart! for Christ is pre­sent

Beside us

yea

with­in us;

Away! His sign

ye know it

The vic­to­ry shall win us.

Awhile the body rest­eth;

The spir­it

wake­ful ev­er

Abideth in com­mun­ion

With Christ

who sleep­eth nev­er

To God

th’Eter­nal Fa­ther

To Christ

our sure sal­va­tion

To God

the Ho­ly Spir­it

Be end­less ad­or­ation.