Praise to Him by whose kind favor
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Verse 1
Praise to Him by whose kind favor
Heavenly truth has reached our eyes;
May its sweet reviving savor
Fill our hearts and calm our fears.
Verse 1
Praise to Him by whose kind favor
Heavenly truth has reached our ears;
May its sweet reviving savor
Fill our hearts and calm our fears.
Verse 2
Truth! how sacred is the treasure!
Teach us, Lord, its worth to know;
Vain the hope and short the pleasure
Which the sons of earth below.
Verse 2
Truth! how sacred is the treasure!
Teach us, Lord, its worth to know;
Vain the hope and short the pleasure
Which from other sources flow.
Verse 3
What of truth we have been hearing,
Fix, O Lord, in every heart;
In the day of thine appearing
May we share the people's part.
Verse 3
What of truth we have been hearing,
Fix, O Lord, within our heart;
In the day of thy appearing
May we have an humble part.
Verse 4
Till we leave this world forever,
May we live beneath thine eye;
This our aim, our sole endeavor,
Thine to live, and thine to die.
Verse 4
Till we leave this world forever,
May we 'neath thine influence die;
This our aim, our sole endeavor,
Thine to live, for thine to die.