1 O Word of God incarnate,
O Wisdom from on high,
O Truth, unchanged, unchanging,
O Light of our dark sky!
We praise You for the radiance
That from the hallow'd page,
A lantern to our footsteps,
Shines on from age to age.
2 The Church from You, dear Master
Received the gift divine,
And still that light she lifted
O'er all the earth to shine.
It is the chart and compass
That o'er life's surging sea,
Amid the rocks and quicksands,
Still guides, O Christ, to thee.
3 O make Your Church, dear Savior,
A lamp of burnish'd gold,
To bear before the nations
Thy true light as of old;
O teach Thy wandering pilgrims
By this, their path to trace,
Till, clouds and darkness ended,
They see You face to face.
