O help us, Lord! each hour of need
O help us, Lord, each hour of need
thy heavenly succor give:
help us in thought, in word, and deed,
each hour on earth we live!
O help us, when our spirits cry
with contrite anguish sore;
and when our hearts are cold and dry,
O help us, Lord, the more!
O help us, through the prayer of faith,
more firmly to believe;
for still the more the servant hath,
the more shall he receive.
O help us, Jesus, from on high:
we know no help but thee;
O help us so to live and die
as thine in heaven to be.
Words: Henry Hart Milman, 1827
Music: Bedford, Harington
Meter: CM
Website compiled by
Steve Benner
, 1999-2003.
