213 For Thy mercy and Thy grace,

1 For Thy mercy and Thy grace, Constant through another year, Hear our song of thankfulness; Jesus, our Redeemer, hear. 2 Lo, our sins on Thee we cast, Thee, our perfect sacrifice; And, forgetting all the past, Press toward 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. 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, O help us to endure; Fit us for the promised crown.