Father in Heaven, Who Lovest All

Father in Heav’n

who lov­est all

O help Thy child­ren when they call;

That they may build from age to age

An un­de­fil­èd her­it­age!

Teach us to bear the yoke in youth

With stead­fast­ness and care­ful truth;

That

in our time

Thy grace may give

The truth where­by the na­tions live.

Teach us to rule our­selves al­way

Controlled and clean­ly night and day

That we may bring

if need arise

No maimed or worth­less sac­ri­fice.

Teach us to look in all our ends

On Thee for judge

and not our friends

That we

with Thee

may walk un­cowed

By fear or fa­vor of the crowd.

Teach us the strength that can­not seek

By deed or thought

to hurt the weak

That

un­der Thee

we may pos­sess

Man’s strength to com­fort man’s dis­tress.

Teach us de­light in sim­ple things

And mirth that has no bit­ter springs

Forgiveness free of ev­il done

And love to all men ’neath the sun!