1 Heavenly Father, grant thy blessing On the teaching of this day, That our hearts, thy fear possessing, May from sin be turned away.
2 May the grace of Christ, our Savior, And thje Father's boundless love, With the Holy spirit's favor, Rest upon us from above.
3 Have we wandered? O forgive us! Have we wished from truth to rove? Turn, O turn us and receive us And incline us thee to love.
4 Thus may we abide in union With each other and the Lord, And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford.
Amen.Source: The Hymnal #84
Heavenly Father, grant Thy blessing, On the teaching, &c. [Opening of a Sunday School.] Anonymous, in the American Sunday School Union Union Hymnal, 1835.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)