Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Great God we sing that mighty hand
Topic: Times and Seasons/Old and New Year
Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1239
Page Number: 742, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGreat God, we sing that mighty hand
By which supported still we stand:
The opening year thy mercy shows;
Thy mercy crown it till it close!
By day, by night, at home, abroad
Still we are guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.
With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown.
We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.
In scenes exalted or depressed,
Be thou our joy, and thou our rest:
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.