O God, thy people gather,
Obedient to thy word,
Around thy holy altar,
to praise thy name, O Lord,
For all thy loving kindness,
Our grateful hearts we raise,
But pardon first the blindness
Of all our sinful ways.

Thou art our loving Father,
thou art our holiest Lord,
But we have sinned against thee,
By thought and deed and word.
Before the court of heaven,
We stand and humbly pray,
Our sins may be forgiven,
Our faults be washed away.

Though sinful, we implore thee,
to turn and make us live
That so we may adore thee.
And our due off’ring give
And may the pray'rs and voices
Of thy glad people rise
As thy whole Church rejoices
In this great sacrifice.