O Thou great teach­er from the skies,
Who lived and died for men;
Teach us with Thee to sym­pa­thize,
And be as Thou wast then.

It was the glo­ry of Thy heart,
Whate’er Thou hadst to give;
For oth­ers’ suf­fer­ings to impart,
For oth­ers’ good to live.

Be Thou in us a liv­ing soul;
Be Thou our spi­rit’s pow­er;
Its sec­ret thought, its life’s con­trol,
To guide it ev­ery hour.

We need like Thee a spi­rit true,
A just and ge­ne­rous mind,
Which seeks, in all it has to do,
The good of all man­kind.