7.7.7.6 [1805]Litany of the Passion: John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) [1806]Hervey's Litany: Frederick A. J. Hervey, 1875 Refrain Thomas B. Pollock, 1871 Jesus, with thy Church abide, Be her Savior, Lord, and Guide, While on earth her faith is tried: Keep her life and doctrine pure, Help her, patient to endure, Trusting in thy promise sure: May her voice be ever clear, Warning of a judgment near, Telling of a Savior dear: All her fettered powers release, Bid our strife and envy cease, Grant the heavenly gift of peace: May she one in doctrine be, One in truth and charity, Winning all to faith in thee: May she guide the poor and blind, Seek the lost until she find, And the broken-hearted bind: Save her love from growing cold, Make her watchmen strong and bold, Fence her round, thy peaceful fold: May her priests thy people feed, Shepherds of the flock indeed, Ready, where thou call'st, to lead: Judge her not for work undone, Judge her not for fields unwon, Bless her works in thee begun: All that she has lost, restore, May her strength and zeal be more Than in brightest days of yore: Raise her to her calling high, Let the nations far and nigh Hear thy heralds' warning cry: May her lamp of truth be bright, Bid her bear aloft its light Through the realms of heathen night: May her scattered children be From reproach of evil free, Blameless witnesses for thee: May she holy triumphs win, Overthrow the hosts of sin, Gather all the nations in: May she soon all glorious be, Spotless and from wrinkle free, Pure, and bright, and worthy thee. We beseech thee, hear us. Amen. |