Eternal One, Thou liv­ing God,
Whom chang­ing years un­changed re­veal,
With Thee their way our fa­thers trod;
The hand they held, in ours we feel.

The same our trust, the same our need,
In sor­row’s stress, in du­ty’s hour;
We keep their faith, by Thee de­creed,
That faith the fount of all our pow­er.

We bless Thee for the grow­ing light;
Th’ad­vanc­ing thought, the wid’n­ing view,
The larg­er free­dom, clear­er sight,
Which from the old un­folds the new.

With wid­er view, come lof­ti­er goal;
With full­er light, more good to see;
With free­dom, tru­er self con­trol,
With know­ledge, deep­er re­ver­ence be.

Anew we pledge our­selves to Thee,
To fol­low where Thy truth shall lead;
Afloat upon its bound­less sea,
Who sails with God is safe in­deed!