Christ Enthroned In Highest Heaven

king of glory, hear our voices,

grant thy faithful rest, we pray;

we have sinned, and may not bide it,

if thou mark our steps astray;

yet we plead the saving victim,

which for them we bring today.

that which thou thyself hast offered

to thy father, offer we;

let it win for them a blessing,

bless them, jesu, set them free;

they are thine, they wait in patience;

merciful and gracious be.

they are thine, o take them quickly,

thou their hope, o raise them high;

ever hoping, ever trusting,

unto thee they strive and cry;

day and night, both morn and even,

be, o christ, their guardian nigh.

let thy plenteous loving-kindness,

on them, as we pray, be poured;

let them through thy boundless mercy,

from all evil be restored;

hearken to the voices pleading

of thy church, o gracious lord.

hear and answer prayers devoutest,

break, o lord, each binding chain,

dash the gates of death asunder,

quell the devil and his train;

bring the souls which thou hast ransomed

evermore in joy to reign.