878. FOR THY MERCY AND THY GRACE

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FOR Thy mercy and Thy grace,
Faithful through another year,
Hear our song of thankfulness,
Father and Redeemer, hear.

CHORUS

Lo, our sins on Thee we cast,
Lo, to Thee we now arise
And, forgetting all the past,
Press towards our glorious prize.

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.

In our weakness and distress,
Rock of strength, be Thou our stay;
In the pathless wilderness
Be our true and living way..

Keep us faithful, keep us pure,
Keep us evermore thine own:
Help, O help us to endure;
Fit us for the promised crown.