Verse 1
Captain, God of our salvation,
Night and day
Will we pay
Thee our adoration:
All day long our lips confess thee,
All the night
Our delight
Is in songs to bless thee.

Verse 2
Whom thy dying love o’er-powers,
Lost in thee
Happy we
Never count the hours:
Love, our one delightful lesson,
Love and joy
Still employ
Every gracious season.

Verse 3
Rivals of the heavenly quire,
Lo! We rise
To the skies,
Higher still, and higher:
There we have our conversation,
Talk with God,
Him whose blood
Purchas’d our salvation.

Verse 4
We like all thy host adore thee:
Restless they
Night and day
Render thee the glory.
Author of our every blessing,
God of grace,
Thee we praise
Never, never ceasing.

Verse 5
This be here our whole employment,
’Till we claim,
Thro’ thy name,
All thy love’s enjoyment;
’Till we drink the chrystal river,
Drink and sing
To our King,
Sing and shout forever.