Verse 1
Father, to us vouchsafe the grace,
Which brought our friend victorious thro’
Let us his shining footsteps trace,
Let us his stedfast faith pursue,
Follow this follower of the Lamb,
And conquer all thro’ Jesus’ name.

Verse 2
Thro’ Jesus’ name, and strength, and word,
The well-fought fight our brother won;
Arm’d with the Saviour’s blood and sword,
He cast the dire accuser down,
Compell’d the aliens to submit,
And trampled flesh beneath his feet.

Verse 3
In vain the Gnostic tempter try’d
With guile his upright heart t’ insnare;
His upright heart the fiend defy’d,
No room for sin, when Christ was there,
No need of fancied liberty,
When Christ had made him truly free.

Verse 4
Free from the law of sin and death,
Free from the Antinomian leaven,
He led his Master’s life beneath,
And labouring for the rest of heaven,
By active love, and watchful prayer,
He shew’d his heart already there.

Verse 5
How full of heaven his latest word,
“Thou bidst me now in peace depart,
For I have known my precious Lord,
Have clasp’d thee, Saviour, in my heart,
My eyes thy glorious joy have seen,”
He spake; he died; and enter’d in.

Verse 6
O might we all, like him, believe,
And keep the faith, and win the prize!
Father, prepare, and then receive
Our hallow’d spirits to the skies,
To chant with all our friends above
Thy glorious everlasting love.