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 radiancethat from the hallowed page,a lantern to our footsteps,shines on from age to age.2.The church from her dear Masterreceived the gift divine,and still that light is liftedo’er all the earth to shine.It is the sacred vesselwhere gems of truth are stored;it is the heaven-drawn pictureof Christ, the living Word.3.It floateth like a bannerbefore God’s host unfurled;it is a shining beaconabove the darkling world.It is the chart and compassthat o’er life’s surging tide,mid mists and rocks and quicksands,Still guides, O Christ, to Thee.4.O make Thy church, dear Savior,a lamp of purest gold,to bear before the nationsyour true light as of old.O teach your wandering pilgrimsby this their path to trace,till, clouds and darkness ended,they see Thee face to face.