| Now let us come before Him,With song and prayer adore Him,
 Who to our life hath given
 All needed strength from Heaven.
 The stream of years is flowing,And we are onward going,
 From old to new surviving
 And by His mercy thriving.
 In woe we often languishAnd pass through times of anguish
 Of wars and trepidation
 Alarming every nation.
 As mothers watch are keepingO’er children who are sleeping,
 Their fear and grief assuaging
 When angry storms are waging.
 So God His own is shieldingAnd help to them is yielding.
 When need and woe distress them,
 His loving arms caress them.
 O Thou Who dost not slumber,Remove what would encumber
 Our work, which prospers never
 Unless Thou bless it ever.
 O God of mercy, hear us;Our Father, be Thou near us;
 Mid crosses and in sadness
 Be Thou our Fount of gladness.
 To all who bow before TheeAnd for Thy grace implore Thee,
 Oh, grant Thy benediction
 And patience in affliction.
 Be Thou a Helper speedyTo all the poor and needy,
 To all forlorn a Father;
 Thine erring children gather.
 Be with the sick and ailing,Their Comforter unfailing;
 Dispelling grief and sadness,
 Oh, give them joy and gladness!
 Above all else, Lord, send usThy Spirit to attend us,
 Within our hearts abiding,
 To Heav’n our footsteps guiding.
 All this Thy hand bestoweth,Thou Life, whence our life floweth.
 To all Thy Name confessing
 Grant, Lord, Thy New Year’s blessing!
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