O Lord of Life, and Love, and Power

O Lord of life

and love

and pow­er

How joy­ful life might be

If in Thy serv­ice ev­ery hour

We lived and moved with Thee;

If youth in all its bloom and might

By Thee were sanc­ti­fied

And man­hood found its chief de­light

In work­ing at Thy side!

’Tis ne’er too late

while life shall last

A new life to be­gin;

’Tis ne’er too late to leave the past

And break with self and sin;

And we this day

both old and young

Would ear­nest­ly aspire

For hearts to nob­ler pur­pose strung

And pu­ri­fied de­sire.

Nor for our­selves alone we plead

But for all faith­ful souls

Who serve Thy cause by word or deed

Whose names Thy book en­rolls:

O speed Thy work

vic­tor­ious King

And give Thy work­ers might

That thro’ the world Thy truth may ring

And all men see Thy light.