Hymn 40
O Thou who makest souls to shine
Iwọ t’o nmu ọkàn mọlẹ’
- O Thou who makest souls to shine
With light from brighter worlds above,
And droppest glistening dew divine
On all who seek a Saviour's love; - Do Thou Thy benediction give
On all who teach, on all who learn,
That all Thy Church may holier live,
And every lamp more brightly burn. - Give those that teach pure hearts and wise,
Faith, hope, and love, all warm’d by prayer:
Themselves first training for the skies,
They best will raise their people there. - Give those that learn the willing ear,
The spirit meek, the guileless mind;
Such gifts will make the lowliest here
Far better than a kingdom find. - Oh! bless the shepherd, bless the sheep,
That guide and guided both be one,
One in the faithful watch they keep
Until this hurrying life be done. - If thus, good Lord, Thy grace be given,
Our glory meets us ere we die;
Before we upward pass to heaven
We taste our immortality. Amen.