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Text:For Thy mercy and Thy grace
Author:Henry Downton
Tune:NUREMBURG
Composer:Johann R. Ahle

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

3 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.

4 Keep us faithful, keep us pure,
Keep us evermore Thine own;
Help Thy servants to endure,
Fit us for Thy promised crown.

5 So within Thy palace gate
We shall praise, on golden strings,
Thee the only Potentate,
Lord of lords, and King of kings.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: For Thy mercy and Thy grace
Author: Henry Downton (1839)
Meter: 7s
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: God: Mercies of; New Year
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: NUREMBURG
Composer: Johann R. Ahle
Meter: 7s
Notes: Public Domain.



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