For thy mercy and thy grace, Faithful through another year, Hear our song of thankfulness; Jesus, our Redeemer, hear. | 407 Lo! our sins on thee we cast, Thee our perfect Sacrifice; And, forgetting all the past, Press towards our glorious prize. | Dark the future; let thy light Guide us, bright and morning Star: Fierce our foes, and hard the fight; Arm us, Savior, for the war. | 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 bed. | Keep us faithful, keep us pure, Keep us evermore thine own, Help, O help us to endure; Fit us for the promised crown. | |