Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer

Father of all, be thou alone In Heav'n and earth ador'd; Earth is thy footstool, Heav'n thy throne, Thou universal Lord.

What pow'r to praise thee and obey, Thy grace to man hath giv'n, That praise and duty let him pay Till earth resemble Heav'n.

"This day be bread and peace our lot; All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not; And let thy will be done."

Thy love expecting, let us love; Reliev'd, let us relieve; Thy pity let our pity move; Forgive, as we forgive.

When from without temptations come, Or lusts inflame within, Thy grace descend, and save us from The greatest evil, sin.

Supreme in pow'r, all nature waits Obedient at thy call; O first! O last! for thought too great, O source and end of all!