MOST DEAR TO ME ARE THOSE I LOVE,
WHO SHARE AND BLESS MY LIFE,
WHO FILL MY HEART WITH COUNTLESS JOYS
DESPITE DAYS TOUCHED BY STRIFE.
MOST DEAR FRIENDS I CHERISH MOST,
WHOSE LOYALTY IS TRUE....
WHATEVER MY LOT, WHATEVER MY PAIN,
THEY'RE FAITHFUL, THROUGH AND THROUGH.
MOST DEAR EACH BLESSING THAT THE LORD
BESTOWS WITH LOVING GRACE;
NO MATTER IF I SOMETIMES ERR,
I'M SAFE IN HIS EMBRACE.
MOST DEAR,INDEED, THE VOICE WITHIN
THAT GUIDES ME NIGHT AND DAY,
AND GENTLTY CHIDES MY QUESTING SOUL
EACH TIME I CHANCE TO STRAY.
MOST DEAR OF ALL, MY FAITHFUL LORD,
WHO DIED TO SET US FREE,
THAT WE- ONE DAY-MIGHT FIND TRUE JOY
WITH HIM ETERNALLY
