365. For Thy mercy and Thy grace

For Thy mercy and Thy grace

Constant through another year,

Hear our song of thankfulness;

Jesu, our 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 bed.

Make us faithful, make us pure,

Keep us evermore Thine own,

Help Thy servants 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. Amen.

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