Father of peace, and God of love,
We own your power to save -
That power by which our Shepherd rose
Victorious o'er the grave.

Him from the dead you brought again,
When, by his sacred blood,
Confirmed and sealed for evermore
The eternal covenant stood.

O may your Spirit seal our souls,
And mould them to your will,
That our weak hearts no more may stray,
But keep your precepts still;

That to perfection's sacred height
We nearer still may rise,
And all we think, and all we do,
Be pleasing in your eyes.


Scottish Paraphrases (1781) alt.
based on Hebrews 13: 20,21