106 Our Lord and God, O bless this day

1 Our Lord and God, O bless this day, And hear us, we implore Thee: None of our dear ones turn away Who now are here before Thee. We come before Thy face And pray: Let Thy rich grace Descend from heaven above In all Thy mighty love, And keep us by Thy Spirit, Till death's last hour receive us. 2 O bless Thy word to all the young, Let each, Thy truth possessing, Bear witness true with heart and tongue, Their faith and ours confessing: From mother's arms Thy grace With love did them embrace; Baptized into Thy name As Thine Thou didst them claim, O Lord, as Thine now own them! And be forever near them. 3 When they their vows today renew, Accept them with Thy favor; And when they speak the great "I do," May they forget it never! But they are weak and frail, When Satan's hosts assail; O arm them with Thy might, And grant that in the fight They unto death be faithful, And follow Thee, their Savior. 4 And when they leave their childhood home, And Satan would undo them, May their baptismal grace become A shield and buckler to them! Blest he who then can say, God's covenant stands for aye: He ne'er shall be undone Who trusts in God alone-- God is his mighty Father! And Christ his constant Savior.