3 In them Thou may'st be clothed and fed, The Saviour's voice is heard. 4 Thyself, with gratitude and love, 227 A What we receive from Thee! NOTHER year, another year Hath sped its flight on silent wing, And all that marked its brief career Hath passed from mortal reckoning. 2 For all Thy grace and patient love, Exhaustless still, and still the same, For all our hopes of joy above, We laud and bless Thy Holy Name. 3 We bless Thee for each happy soul, Throughout another fleeting year, Or by Thy quickening grace made whole, Or parted in Thy faith and fear. 4 Still bear with us, and bless us still! O let us keep Thy narrow way! 5 So, when the rolling stream of time N 228 GOD of Israel! by whose hand Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led; 2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before Thy throne of grace: God of our fathers! be the God Of their succeeding race. 3 Through each perplexing path of life 4 O spread Thy covering wings around, 5 Such blessings from Thy gracious hand 229 And Thou shalt be our chosen God OVEREIGN Ruler of the skies! All my times are in Thy hand- 2 He that formed me in the womb, He shall guide me to the tomb : 230 3 Times of sickness, times of health; 4 Times the tempter's power to prove; G OD of my life, through all its days My grateful powers shall sound Thy praise; 2 When anxious cares would break my rest, 231 Psalm xc. GOD, our Help in ages past, 2 Beneath the shadow of Thy throne 3 Before the hills in order stood, 4 A thousand ages, in Thy sight, Short as the watch that ends the night 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 6 O God, our Help in ages past, Be Thou our Guard while life shall last, 232 2 3 4 5 Με Psalm CIII. soul, repeat His praise, Whose mercies are so great; Whose anger is so slow to rise, High as the heavens are raised To those that fear His name He knows we are but dust, Our days are as the grass, If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour. 6 But Thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure: And children's children ever find The word of promise sure. |