O PRINCE OF PEACE, Thy royal rule
Through all the earth extendeth;
Thy power alone the sons of men
With shield Divine defendeth.
Look down, we pray, in gracious love
Upon the world’s sad sighing;
Our discords harsh Thyself atture,
The note of peace supplying.
May nations of the world today,
Thy Gospel call obeying,
Submit to Thy triumphant rule,
Their evil passions staying.
The greed of gain, the pride of place,
Thyself, O God, abating,
May righteous love and tender truth
Abolish man’s sad hating.
A. B. Hobson.