Prayer for the Day of Atonement

(Yom Kippur, 5662.)

IF I have failed, my God, to see

That Thy great Love was guiding me;

If I have missed the open path

Of Truth, which e’er Thy sanction hath;

If, busy with the passing hour,

I noted not Thy glorious Power;

And, ’mid the boast and pomp of things,

Restrained my spirit on its wings;

Then, Father, show me Grace I pray,

And lead me toward the righteous way;

Then, Lord of Hosts, compassion me,

And let Thy Love my shelter be!