O Thou Who
makest souls to
shine
With light from
brighter worlds
above,
Now send Thy
glistening dew
divine
On all who seek
a Savior’s
love!
Do Thou
Thy benediction
give
On all who
teach, on all
who learn,
That all Thy
Church may
holier live,
And every lamp
more brightly
burn.
Give those
that teach pure
hearts and
wise,
Faith, hope,
and love, all
warmed by
prayer;
Themselves
first training
for the skies,
They best will
raise their
people there.
Give those,
who learn, the
willing ear,
The spirit
meek, the
guileless mind;
Such gifts will
make the
lowliest here
Far better than
a kingdom find.
O bless the
shepherd, bless
the sheep,
That guide and
guided both be
one—
One in the
faithful watch
they keep,
Until this
hurrying life
be done.
If thus,
good Lord, Thy
grace be giv’n,
In Thee to
live, in Thee
to die,
Before we
upward pass to
Heav’n,
We taste our
immortality.
