o strength and stay

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.

grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,
an eve untouched by shadows of decay,
the brightness of a holy deathbed blending
with dawning glories of the eternal day.

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.