Hymns - To Thee O Father - Текст песни

To thee, O Father, lamp of all the living,
We offer now this life of thine own giving:
Humbly we pray thee, through this earth's endeavour
Light his steps ever.

Jesus, thyself a baby once from heaven,
To thee this little pilgrim here is given:
Within the mercy of thy fold befriend him;
Thy love attend him.

Spirit of Comfort, fountain ever welling,
This infant's heart take now to be thy dwelling;
So may he live, grace, pity, truth confessing,
Thy peace possessing.

Gather him, Holy Trinity, for ever
Into the wisdom of thy strength, that never
In life's dark shadow-lands thy love may leave him:
Thine own receive him.