Praise and Prayer

Verse 1

We praise and bless Thee, Gracious Lord, Our Saviour kind and true, For all the old things passed away, For all Thou hast made new.

Verse 2

But yet how much must be destroyed, How much renewed must be, Ere we can fully stand complete In likeness, Lord, to Thee!

Verse 3

Thou, only Thou must carry on The work Thou hast begun; Of Thine own strength Thou must impart, In Thine own ways to run.

Verse 4

Ah, leave us not! from day to day Revive, restore again; Our feeble steps do thou direct, Our enemies restrain.

Verse 5

So shall we faultless stand at last Before Thy Father's throne; The blessedness for ever ours, The glory all Thine own! Amen.