To thee, O Father, lamp of all the living, We offer now this life of thine own giving: Humbly we pray thee, through this earth's endeavour Light his steps ever. Jesus, thyself a baby once from heaven, To thee this little pilgrim here is given: Within the mercy of thy fold befriend him; Thy love attend him. Spirit of Comfort, fountain ever welling, This infant's heart take now to be thy dwelling; So may he live, grace, pity, truth confessing, Thy peace possessing. Gather him, Holy Trinity, for ever Into the wisdom of thy strength, that never In life's dark shadow-lands thy love may leave him: Thine own receive him.
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