By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M. Matthew vi. 13.
      1 VOUCHSAFE to keep me, Lord, this day
      Without committing sin,
      And with me let thy Spirit stay,
      And ever dwell within.

      2 Thou canst from every sin secure;
      And is it not thy will
      Still to preserve thy servant pure
      From every touch of ill?

      3 Thou canst, thou wilt for one short day
      Preserve me spotless here,
      And why not then (let Satan say)
      A week, a month, a year?

      4 Why wilt thou not for all my life
      My helpless soul defend,
      And bear me through the doubtful strife,
      And keep me to the end!

      5 Behold, with humble faith I bow
      My soul before thy throne;
      Deliver me from evil now,
      For thou canst save thine own.

      6 My soul on thee, O Lord, relies,
      Thine arms are my defence,
      My soul hell, earth, and sin defies
      To come and pluck me thence.