Fountain of Power and Dignity

Fountain of pow­er and dig­ni­ty

Thy ma­gis­trates pre­serve and bless

Ordained

not by the crowd

but Thee

To curb the floods of wick­ed­ness

Commissioned min­is­ters of Thine

Clothed with au­thor­ity di­vine.

Strengthen them in the gap to stand

To bear the sword

and not in vain

To spread Thy ter­ror thro’ the land

And truth and right­eous­ness main­tain

And an­cient pi­ety re­store

In all its pur­ity and pow­er.

The guard­ians of re­li­gion true

Its wit­ness­es vouch­safe to make:

And when Thee in the clouds we view

And when Thou dost the king­dom take

The good they did Thy Church re­ward

As done un­to her heav’n­ly Lord.