TLH Hymn 121
For Thy Mercy and Thy Grace
114-125 New Year
Hymn Text
121. For Thy Mercy and Thy Grace
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1. For Thy mercy and Thy grace,
Faithful through another year,
Hear our song of thankfulness;
Savior and Redeemer, hear!
Faithful through another year,
Hear our song of thankfulness;
Savior 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.
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, Savior, for the war.
Guide us, bright and Morning Star.
Fierce our foes and hard the fight;
Arm us, Savior, 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.
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, 0 God,
Comfort Thou his dying bed.
In the coming year shall tread,
With Thy rod and staff, 0 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.
Keep us evermore Thine own.
Help, oh, help us to endure;
Fit us for the promised crown.