David’s Charge to Solomon

I

O David’s Son and David’s Lord!
From age to age thou art the same;
Thy gracious presence now afford,
And teach our youth to know thy name.

II

Thy people, Lord, though oft distress’d,
Upheld by thee, thus far are come;
And now we long to see thy rest,
And wait thy word to call us home.

III

Like David, when this life shall end,
We trust in thee sure peace to find;
Like him, to thee we now commend
The children we must leave behind.

IV

Ere long, we hope to be where care
And sin and sorrow never come;
But oh! accept our humble prayer,
That these may praise thee in our room

V

Show them how vile they are by sin,
And wash them in thy cleansing blood;
Oh, make them willing to be thine,
And be to them a cov’nant God.

VI

Long may thy light and truth remain
To bless this place when we are gone,
And numbers here be born again,
To dwell for ever near thy throne.