O Thou Whose Perfect Goodness Crowns

O Thou whose per­fect good­ness crowns

With peace and joy this sac­red day

Our hearts are glad for all the years

Thy love has kept us in Thy way.

For com­mon tasks of help and cheer

For qui­et hours of thought and pray­er

For mo­ments when we seemed to feel

The breath of a di­vin­er air.

For mu­tu­al love and trust that keep

Unchanged through all the chang­ing time

For friends with­in the veil who thrill

Our spir­its with a hope sub­lime.

For this

and more than words can say

We praise and bless Thy ho­ly name.

Come life or death

enough to know

That Thou art ev­er­more the same.