Verse 1
Hail holy, holy, holy Lord,
Mysterious Three in One,
For ever be thy name ador’d,
Thy will for ever done!
For this alone on earth I wait,
To glorify my God;
Admitted to the high estate
Of sacred widowhood.

Verse 2
O may I in thy strength fulfil
My awful character;
And prove thine acceptable will,
And do thy pleasure here:
The children unto thee restore,
Whom thou to me hast given,
And rule my house with all my power,
And train them up for heaven.

Verse 3
Be this my hospitable care,
The stranger to receive,
The burthen of thy church to bear,
And all their wants relieve;
My labour of unwearied love
With pleasure to repeat,
My faith upon thy saints approve,
And gladly wash their feet.

Verse 4
The servant of thy servants bless
With active earnest zeal,
And every work of righteousness
I shall with joy fulfil;
Mixt with their guardian angels tend
The heirs of glorious grace,
And still like them to heaven ascend,
And still behold thy face.

Verse 5
Happy might I the grace receive
Which thy true widows share,
With God in close communion live
A life of faith and prayer,
In thee my only friend confide,
Delightfully alone,
And desolate in prayer abide
’Till all my course is run.

Verse 6
Surely I now rely on thee,
Within thine arms I am,
And trust the glorious face to see
Of my triumphant Lamb.
I know the prayer of faith is heard,
I feel the answer given,
And haste, by holiness prepar’d,
To meet my Lord in heaven.