Spirit of wisdom, turn our eyes
From earth and earthly vanities
To heav’nly truth and love,
Spirit of understanding true
Our souls with heav’nly light endue
To seek the things above.

Spirit of counsel, be our guide;
Teach us, by earthly struggles tried,
Our heav’nly crown to win:
Spirit of fortitude, thy pow’r
Be with us in temptation's hour,
To keep us pure from sin.

Spirit of knowledge, lead our feet
In thine own paths, so safe and sweet,
By angel footsteps trod,
Where thou our guardian true shalt be,
Spirit of gentle pièty,
To keep us close to God.

Through all our life be ever near,
Spirit of God's most holy fear,
our heart's inmost shrine,
Our souls with awful reverence fill,
to worship his most holy will,
All-righteous and divine.

So lead us, Lord, through peace or strife,
Onward to everlasting life,
To win our high reward;
So may we fight our lifelong fight,
Strong in thine own unearthly might,
And reign with Christ our Lord.