O Light that knew no dawn,
That shines to end-less day,
All things in earth and heaven
Are lus-tred by Thy ray;
No eye can to Thy throne as-cend,
Nor mind Thy bright-ness com-pre-hend.
Thy grace, O Fa-ther, give,
That I may serve in fear;
A-bove all boons, I pray,
Grant me Thy voice to hear;
From sin Thy child in mer-cy free,
And let me dwell in light with Thee.
That, cleansed from stain of sin,
I may meet hom-age give,
And, pure in heart, be-hold
Thy beau-ty while I live;
Clean hands in ho-ly wor-ship raise,
And Thee, O Christ my Sav-ior, praise.
In sup-pli-ca-tion meek
To Thee I bend the knee;
O Christ, when Thou shalt come,
In love re-mem-ber me,
And in Thy king-dom, by Thy grace,
Grant me a hum-ble ser-vant's place.
Thy grace, O Fa-ther, give,
I hum-bly Thee im-plore;
And let Thy mer-cy bless
Thy ser-vant more and more.
All grace and glo-ry be to Thee,
From age to age e-ter-nal-ly.