O Strength and Stay, upholding all creation

Verse 1

O strength and stay upholding all creation, who ever dost thyself unmoved abide, yet day by day the light in due gradation from hour to hour through all its changes guide;

Verse 2

Grant to life's day a calm unclouded ending, an eve untouched by shadows of decay, the brightness of a holy death-bed blending with dawning glories of the eternal day.

Verse 3

Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving, through Jesus Christ thy co-eternal Word, who with the Holy Ghost by all things living now and to endless ages art adored.