O Lord and Master of Us All

Verse 1

O Lord and Master of us all, whate’er our name or sign, we own thy sway, we hear thy call, we test our lives by Thine.

Verse 2

Thou judgest us; thy purity doth all our lusts condemn; the love that draws us nearer thee is hot with wrath to them.

Verse 3

Yet weak and blinded though we be, thou dost our service own; we bring our varying gifts to thee, and thou rejectest none.

Verse 4

Apart from thee all gain is loss, all labor vainly done; the solemn shadow of the cross is better than the sun.

Verse 5

We faintly hear, we dimly see, in diff'ring phrase we pray; but, dim or clear, we own in thee the Life, the Truth, the Way.