For Their Benefactors

Father of Mercies, hear our prayers
For those that do us good;
Whose love for us a place prepares,
And gives the orphans food

Their alms in. blessings on their head
A thousand-fold restore;
O, feed their souls with living bread,
And let their cup run o'er.

For ever in thy Christ built up,
Thy bounty let them prove,
Steadfast in faith, joyful through hope,
And rooted deep in love.

For those who kindly founded this,
A better house prepare;
Remove them to thy heavenly bliss,
And let us meet them there.