BACCALAUREATE HYMN.

FATHER of mercies, ere we go,

Yet once again we meet;

Thy parting blessing here bestow,

And make each life complete.

Hallow each act, be every heart

Both firm and true, that we

Each in his station may his part

Fulfil most worthily.

Then wheresoever fortune leads,

By thorny paths to fame,

O, let us blend in one our creeds,

Make duty our sole aim.

Father of mercies, ere we go,

We ask thine aid divine;

Our pathway in the future show,

And bend our wills to thine.