131. Sweet Saviour! Bless us ere we go

Sweet Saviour! Bless us ere we go;

Thy word into our minds instill;

And make our lukewarm hearts to glow

With lowly love and fervent will.

Thro' life's long day

and deaths dark night,

O gentle Jesus! be our light;

Jesus! be our light.

The day is done; its hours have run;

And Thou hast taken count of all,

The scanty triumphs grace hath won,

The broken vow, and 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.

For all we love, the poor, the sad,

The sinful, unto Thee we call;

Oh let Thy mercy make us glad;

Thou art out Jesus and our All.