Verse 1

Inspirer of the ancient seers,

Who wrote from Thee the sacred page,

Kept through the long succeeding years

For us in our benighted age:

The message of that word impart

And break its life into our heart.

Verse 2

While now the text divine we read,

With earnest prayer and strong desire,

O may a work in us proceed

Our souls to quicken and inspire;

Our dullness help, our blindness chase,

And guide us by the light of grace.

Verse 3

The sacred lessons of Thy ways,

Transmitted through Thy word, repeat;

And train us up to themes of grace;

And make us in Thy will complete;

Fulfil Thy love’s redeeming plan

And bring us to a perfect man.

Verse 4

So furnished from Thy treasury,

O may we always ready stand

To help the souls redeemed by Thee

In what their various states demand;

To teach, convince, correct, reprove,

And build them up in serving love.