Creator and Preserver, God!
To Thee our songs of praise we bear;
Our health, our hope, our soul’s abode!
Our Guide to heav’n, our Saviour here.
Our path ‘midst doubt and danger is—
Be Thou its sun! Whate’er betide,
Or thorns of woe, or flow’rs of bliss;
We look to Thee, our Friend, our Guide.
Conduct us as Thou wilt—we know
Thou canst not wander nor mislead;
And in Thy presence while we go,
Our way is bright and blest indeed.
Not long our journey—soon on earth
The trav’ller’s pilgrimage is o’er;
Death hangs upon a mortal’s birth—
And life’s dull pathway tires no more.
Creator and Preserver! Thine
Be it to smooth our onward way:
Upon Thy children’s footsteps shine,
And lead them to heav’n’s ceaseless day.
(John Bowring)
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