O Strength and Stay Upholding All Creation STRENGTH AND STAY—John Bacchus Dykes O Strength and Stay Upholding All Creation 1 O Strength and Stay upholding all creation, Who ever dost Thyself unmoved abide, Yet day by day the light in due gradation From hour to hour thro’ all its changes guide; 2 Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending, An eve untouch’d by shadows of decay, The brightness of a holy death-bed blending With dawning glories of the eternal day. 3 Hear us, O Father, gracious