Lowly and solemn be

Verse 1

Lowly and solemn be Thy children’s cry to Thee, Father divine! A hymn of suppliant breath, Owning that life and death Alike are Thine.

Verse 2

O Father, in that hour When earth all helping power Shall disavow; When spear, and shield, and crown, In faintness are cast down, Sustain us Thou!

Verse 3

By him who bowed to take The death-cup for our sake, The thorn, the rod; From whom the last dismay Was not to pass away, Aid us, O God!

Verse 4

And now beside the grave, We call on Thee to save, Father divine! Hear, hear our suppliant breath; Keep us, in life and death, Thine, only Thine!