Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: For thy mercy and thy grace
Topic: Times and Seasons/Old and New Year
Writer: Henry Downton
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1244
Page Number: 744, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFor thy mercy and thy grace,
Faithful through another year,
Hear our song of thankfulness,
Father, and Redeemer, hear!
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 head!
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!