Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above

Our Fa­ther

Thou in Heav’n ab­ove

Who bid­dest us to dwell in love

As breth­ren of one fa­mi­ly

To cry in ev­ery need to Thee

Teach us no thought­less words to say

But from our in­most heart to pray.

Thy name be hal­lowed. Help us

Lord

In pur­ity to keep Thy Word

That to the glo­ry of Thy name

We walk be­fore Thee free from blame.

Let no false doc­trine us per­vert;

All poor

de­lud­ed souls con­vert.

Thy king­dom come. Thine let it be

In time and in eter­ni­ty.

Let Thy good Spir­it e’er be nigh

Our hearts with grac­es to su­pply.

Break Sa­tan’s pow­er

de­feat his rage;

Preserve Thy Church from age to age.

Thy gra­cious will on earth be done

As ’tis in Heav­en be­fore Thy throne;

Obedience in our weal and woe

And pa­tience in all grief be­stow.

Curb flesh and blood and ev­ery ill

That sets it­self against Thy will.

Give us this day our dai­ly bread

And let us all be clothed and fed.

From war and strife be our de­fense

From fa­mine and from pes­ti­lence

That we may live in god­ly peace

Free from all care and ava­rice.

Forgive our sins

Lord

we im­plore

Remove from us their bur­den sore

As we their tres­pass­es for­give

Who by of­fens­es us do grieve.

Thus let us dwell in char­ity

And serve our bro­ther will­ing­ly.

Into temp­ta­tions lead us not

When ev­il foes against us plot

And vex our souls on ev­ery hand

Oh

give us strength that we may stand

Firm in the faith

a well-armed host

Through com­fort of the Ho­ly Ghost!

From ev­il

Lord

de­li­ver us;

The times and days are per­il­ous.

Redeem us from eter­nal death

And when we yield our dy­ing breath

Console us

grant us calm re­lease

And take our souls to Thee in peace.

Amen

that is

So shall it be.

Confirm our faith and hope in Thee

That we may doubt not

but be­lieve

What here we ask we shall re­ceive.

Thus in Thy name and at Thy Word

We say: Amen. Oh

hear us

Lord!