For Thy Mercy and Thy Grace

Henry Downton, 1841

For Thy mercy and Thy grace, Faithful through another year, Hear our song of thankfulness; Saviour and Redeemer, hear! 2. Lo, our sins on Thee we cast, Thee, our perfect Sacrifice, And, forgetting all the past, Press unto our glorious prize. 3. Dark the future; let Thy light Guide us, bright and Morning Star. Fierce our foes and hard the fight; Arm us, Saviour, for the war.

4. In our weakness and distress, Rock of strength, be Thou our Stay; In the pathless wilderness Be our true and living Way. 5. 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. 6. Keep us faithful, keep us pure, Keep us evermore Thine own. Help, oh, help us to endure; Fit us for the promised crown.

7. So within Thy palace gate We shall praise on golden strings Thee the only Potentate, Lord of lords and King of kings.

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