1 In unity we lift our song of grateful adoration, for brothers brave and sisters strong; what cause for celebration! For those whose faithfulness has kept us through distress, who’ve shared with us our plight, who’ve held us in the night, the blessed congregation.
2 For stories told and told again to every generation, to give us strength in time of pain, to give us consolation. Our spirits to revive, to keep our dreams alive, when we are far from home and evil seasons come; how firm is our foundation.
3 For sacred scriptures handed down, a blessed trust and treasure, which give us hope when hope is gone and make us weep with pleasure. And when our eyes grow blind and death is close behind, we shall recite them still, whose words our hearts can fill with hope beyond all measure.
4 For God our way, our bread, our rest, of all these gifts the Giver. Our strength, our guide, our nurturing breast, whose hand will yet deliver. Who keeps us till the day when night shall pass away, when hate and fear are gone and all our work is done, and we shall sing forever.