O God, our Father, thou Searcher of men's
hearts, help us to draw near to thee in sincerity and truth. May our religion be filled
with gladness and may our worship of thee be
natural.
Strengthen and increase our admiration
for honest dealing and clean thinking, and
suffer not our hatred of hypocrisy and pre-
tense ever to diminish.
Encourage us in our endeavor to live above
the common level of life.
Make us to choose the harder right instead
of the easier wrong, and never to be content
with a half truth when the whole can be won.
Endow us with courage that is born of loyalty to all that is noble and worthy, that scorns
to compromise with vice and injustice and
knows no fear when truth and right are in
jeopardy.
Guard us against flippancy and irreverence
in the sacred things of life.
Grant us new ties of friendship and new
opportunities of service.
Kindle our hearts in fellowship with those
of a cheerful countenance, and soften our
hearts with sympathy for those who sorrow
and suffer.
Help us to maintain the honor of the Corps
untarnished and unsullied and to show forth
in our lives the ideals of West Point in doing
our duty to thee and to our Country.
All of-which we ask in the name of the
Great Friend and Master of men.
