For Thy mercy and Thy grace, Constant through another year, Hear our song of thankfulness; Jesus, our Redeemer, hear. Lo! our sins on Thee we cast, Thee, our perfect Sacrifice; And, forgetting all the past, Press towards our glorious prize. Dark the future: let Thy light Guide us, bright and morning Star: Fierce our foes, and hard the fight; Arm us, Savior, for the war. In our weakness and distress, Rock of strength, be Thou our Stay; In the pathless wilderness Be our true and living Way. Who of us death’s awful road In the coming year shall tread? With Thy rod and staff, O God, Comfort Thou his dying bed. Keep us faithful, keep us pure, Keep us evermore Thine own; Help, O help us to endure; Fit us for the promised crown. So within Thy palace gate We shall praise, on golden strings, Thee the only Potentate, Lord of lords, and King of kings. |