Receive, O Lord, in Hea­ven above
Our pray­ers and sup­pli­ca­tions pure;
Give us a heart all full of love
And stea­dy cour­age to en­dure.

Thy ho­ly name our mouths con­fess,
Our tongues are harps to praise Thy grace;
Forgive our sins and wick­ed­ness,
Who in this vi­gil seek Thy face.

Let not our song be­come a sigh,
A wail of ang­uish and des­pair;
In lov­ing­kind­ness, Lord most high,
Receive to­night our ev­en­ing pray­er.

O raise us in that day, that we
May sing, where all Thy saints adore,
Praise to Thy Fa­ther, and to Thee,
And to Thy Spi­rit, ev­er­more.