For Thy mercy and Thy grace, Faithful through another year, Hear our song of thankfulness ; Father and Redeemer, hear !
2. In our weakness and distress, [stay: Rock of Strength, be Thou our In the pathless wilderness Be our true and living way.
3. 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.
4. Keep us faithful, keep us pure, Keep us evermore Thine own; Help, O help us to endure, Fit us for the promised crown.
5. So within Thy palace gate We shall praise, on golden strings, Thee, the only Potentate, Lord of lords, and King of kings.