Dear Lord, you are power and wisdom and might, our source of salvation, our truest delight, our hope for tomorrow, our joy for today, the truth and the glory we share on our way. If this is our life-theme, if this we confess, then send us with comfort to bind up distress. If you are our citadel, courage, and song, then send us to battle all evil and wrong. Come, Love, and compel us to honor our creeds. Come, Mercy, and lead us to meet human needs. The world has been fractured, its healing is late, the times are in darkness, the sorrow is great. Lord, make of us instruments tuned to your peace, proclaiming redemption, uplifting release, release from sin's burden, from poverty's grief, with fresh air of freedom, with joy and relief. Dear Lord, be our power and wisdom and might, our source of salvation, our truest delight, our hope for tomorrow, our joy for today, the truth and the glory we share on our way.