C A ARLINGTON
Hymn sung at the End of Term Service at S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia
Lord, Thou hast brought us to our journey’s end;
Once more to Thee our thankful praise ascend;
Once more we stand to praise Thee for the past;
Grant prayer & praise be honest at the last.
For all the joys which Thou hast deigned to share,
For all the pains which Thou hast deigned to bear,
For all our friends in life & death the same,
We thank Thee, Lord, & praise Thy glorious name.
If from Thy paths, by chastening undismayed,
If, for Thy gifts ungrateful we have strayed,
If in Thy house our prayers were faint & few,
Forgive, O Lord, & build our hearts anew.
If we have learnt to feel our neighbours need,
To fight for truth in thought & word & deed,
If there be lessons which the years have taught,
Then ’stablish, Lord, what Thou in us hast wrought.
So be our rest in palaces most fair,
Not built with hands, whose stones Thy praise declare:
Where war is not, & all Thy sons are free,
Where Thou art known, & all is known in Thee.
