Thou, in whose Name the two or three are met today to meet with thee, fulfill to us thine own sure word, and be thou here thyself, O Lord. Today, our week, but now begun, already half its course hath run; to thee are known its toils and cares, to thee its trials and its snares. Thou by whose grace alone we live, our oft-repeated sins forgive; be thou our counsel, strength and stay, through all the perils of our way. Give thankful hearts thy gifts to share; give steadfast wills thy cross to bear; and when life's working days are past give rest with all thy saints at last.