O Lord, Who knit our inward parts,
Unite in love our family's hearts
And teach us how to honor Thee,
Our worship giving cheerfully.
Teach us Thy Scripture's depths to plumb,
And to it for our bread to come,
And never let us empty go
But saving truth unto us show.
Teach us to seek Thy face in pray'r,
Beneath Thy wings, to rest us there,
And for our needs to turn to Thee
Who all things givest bountif'lly.
Teach us with joy Thy praise to sing
And hail Thee as our matchless King
And as our great redeeming Lord
Whose blood for us hath been outpoured.
Teach us Thy loving hand to see,
For all things, thanks to give to Thee,
And to extol Thy mighty pow'r,
Revealed to us from hour to hour.
Our lives let never go astray,
But keep us in Thy perfect way
And teach our feeble family
To always turn for strength to Thee.
—Sometime before 8/8/2011. To “Sweet Hour.”
