Our Lord and God, O Bless This Day

Verse 1

Our Lord and God, O bless this day And hear us, we implore Thee; None of Thy children turn away Who now appear before Thee. We come before Thy face And pray: Let Thy rich grace Descend from heav'n above In all Thy wondrous love And keep us by Thy Spirit.

Verse 2

O bless Thy Word to all the young; Let them, Thy truth possessing, Bear witness true with heart and tongue, Their faith and ours confessing. From mother's arms Thy grace With love did them embrace; Baptized into Thy name, As Thine Thou didst them claim. O Lord, as Thine now own them!

Verse 3

When they their vows today renew, Accept them with Thy favor; And when they promise to be true, May they forget it never! But they are weak and frail When Satan's hosts assail; O arm them with Thy might And grant that in the fight They unto death be faithful!

Verse 4

And when they leave their childhood home, When Satan comes alluring, May their baptismal grace become A refuge reassuring! Blest they who then can say: "God's cov'nant stands for aye." They ne'er shall be undone Who trusts in God alone-- God is their mighty Father!