Lord, have mercy when we pray

Strength to seek a better way;

When our wakening thoughts begin

First to loathe their cherished sin;

When our weary spirits fail,

And our aching brows are pale;

Then Thy strengthening grace afford;

Then, O, then, have mercy, Lord!

Lord, have mercy when we know

First how vain this world below;

When its darker thoughts oppress,

Doubts perplex, and fears distress;

When the earliest gleam is given

Of the bright but distant heaven;

Then Thy strengthening grace afford;

Then, O, then, have mercy, Lord!