O Thou whose Spirit witness bears
Within our spirits free
That we thy children are and heirs
Of thine eternity,—

Here may this simple faith sublime
O'er-arch us like the sky;
Secure below the drift of time
Its firm foundations lie.

Our thought o'erflows each written scroll,
Our creeds, they rise and fall;
The life of God within the soul
Lives and outlasts them all.

Here may that witness clearer grow
Each waiting heart within,
The way of filial duty show
And glad obedience win.

Here be life's sorrows sanctified,
Here truth her radiance pour;
While hope and faith and love abide,
Forever more and more!