Praise to Him by whose kind favor

1Praise to Him by whose kind favor Heavenly truth has reached our eyes; May its sweet reviving savor Fill our hearts, and calm our fears.

2Truth! 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.

3What 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.

4Till we leave this world forever, May we live beneath thine eye; This our aim, our sole endeavor, Thine to live, and thine to die.