- Sweet saviour bless us ere we go
Thy word into our minds instil,
And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
With lowly love and fervent will.
Refrain:
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night
O gentle Jesus, be our light.
- The day is done, its hours have run,
And thou has taken count of all,
The scanty triumphs grace has won
The broken vow, the frequent fall. - Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release,
And bless us more than in past days
With purity and inward peace. - Do more than pardon, give us joy,
Sweet fear and sober liberty,
And loving hearts without alloy,
That only long to be like thee. - Labour is sweet, for thou hast toiled,
And care is light for thou hast cared,
Let not our words with self be soiled,
Nor in unsimple ways ensnared. - For all we love – the poor, the sad,
The sinful – unto thee we call,
Oh let thy mercy make us glad,
Thou art our Jesus and our all.