O Lord, increase our faith, our courage to believe; give strength to bear the cross of thought until we light receive. Without your gift of faith, no progress can begin; they only who their Maker trust knowledge of God can win. Give us the faith of Christ to trust your constant love, and by obedience to the end help us its power to prove. Thus, living for the truth and by the truth set free, we shall in Christ, who is the truth, find joy and liberty.