The Saint Who First Found Grace to Pen

The saint who first found grace to pen

The life which was the life of men

And shed abroad the Gos­pel’s ray

His fame we ce­le­brate to­day.

Lo

drawn by Pen­te­cost­al fire

His heart con­ceived its great de­sire

When pure of mind

in­spired

he heard

And with his hand set forth the Word.

Then

clear­ly writ

the God­head shone

Serene and fair to look up­on;

And through that re­cord still comes pow­er

To light­en souls in death’s dark hour.

O ho­ly mind

for wis­dom fit

Wherein that Life of lives stood writ

May we through minds of like ac­cord

Show forth the pat­terns of our Lord.

And so may all whose minds are dark

Be led to truth by good Saint Mark

And after this our earth­ly strife

Stand writ­ten in the Book of Life.

Praise God who made the world so fair

And sent His Son our Sav­ior there

And by His Holy Spir­it wist

To teach the first ev­an­gel­ist.