For Thy mercy and Thy grace

Verse 1

For thy mercy and thy grace, faithful through another year, hear our song of thankfulness; Jesus, our Redeemer, hear.

Verse 2

In our weakness and distress, rock of strength, be thou our stay; in the pathless wilderness be our true and living Way.

Verse 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.

Verse 4

Make us faithful, keep us pure, keep us evermore thine own, help, O help us to endure, fit us for thy promised crown.

Verse 5

So within thy palace gate we shall praise, on golden strings, thee the only Potentate, Lord of lords, and King of kings.