Thy Kingdom Come

O God, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done!
I pray this night that, sooth! this may be true!
O, give us grace, that this world may be won
For Christ; may You, my God, this world renew.
I pray for peace, that many need, and joy;
Yea, peace, indeed, for all those aching hearts
Which loss, and pain, and sinfulness destroy:
May you renew their inward, inmost parts.
And so much more; my God, I cannot tell
The vastness of the suff'ring in this world.
You, You alone, can know the deep, dark hell
Which many suffer in, in torment furled.
Thy kingdom come, to bring us life again,
That in this world, You then may truly reign.