2. The stream of years is flowing,
And we are onward going,
From old to new surviving,
And by His mercy thriving.
3. In woe we often languish,
And pass through times of anguish,
When fearful war aboundeth
And dread this earth surroundeth.
4. A faithful mother keepeth
Watch while her infant sleepeth,
And all its grief assuageth,
When angry tempest rageth:
5. Thus God His children shieldeth
And full protection yieldeth;
When need and woe distress them,
His loving arms caress them.
G. In vain is all our doing,
The labor we're pursuing
In our hands prospers never,
Unless God watcheth ever.
7. We praise Thy mercies gaily,
Which Thou renewest daily,
To Thee, our strong defender
From grief, onr thanks we render.
8. O God of mercy, hear us;
Our Father, be Thou near us;
'Mid crosses and in sadness
Be Thou our fount of gladness.
9. To all that bow before Thee
And for Thy grace implore Thee,
Do grant Thy benediction,
And patience in affliction.
10. With richest blessings crown us,
In all our ways, Lord, own us;
Give grace, who grace bestowest,
To all, e'en to the lowest.
11. Of all forlorn be father,
Again the strayed sheep gather,
And of the poor and needy
Be Thou the succor speedy.
12. Grant help to all afflicted,
And to all souls dejected,
By melancholy haunted,
May cheerful thoughts be granted.
13. All earthly gifts excelling,
Thy Holy Ghost indwelling
Give us, to make us glorious
And lead to Thee victorious.
15. All this Thy hand bestoweth,
Thou, Life, whence our life floweth;
To me and all believers
Grant, Lord, these New-Year's favors.
1. GREAT God, we sing that mighty Hand,
By which supported still we stand:
The opening year Thy mercy shows;
Let mercy crown it, till it close.
2. By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God
By his incessant bounty fed,
By His unerring counsel led.
3. With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to Thy guardian care commit,
And, peaceful, leave before Thy feet.
4. In scenes exalted or depressed,
Be Thou our joy, and Thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.
4. When death shall interrupt our songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues;
Our Helper God, in whom we trust,
In better worlds our souls shall boast.
1. O LAMB of God, most blameless,
Who on the cross didst languish;
Though mocked by hatred shameless,
E'er patient in Thine anguish:
Thou barest our transgression,
That we may gain salvation;
Have mercy on us, O Jesus!
2. O Lamb of God, etc., etc.
Have mercy on us, O Jesus!
3. O Lamb of God, etc., etc.
Grant us Thy blessing, O Jesus!
1. OVER Cedron Jesus treadeth To his passion for us all; Every human eye be weeping.
Tears of blood for Him let fall!
Round His spirit flock the foes,
Place their shafts and bend their bows,
Aiming at the Saviour solely,
While the world forsakes Him wholly.
2. David once, with heart afflicted,
Crossed the Cedron's narrow strand,
Clouds of gloom and grief around him,
When an exile from his land.
But, O Jesus! blacker now
Rends the cloud above Thy brow,
Hasting to death's dreary portals
For the shame and sin of mortals.
3. Seel how, anguish-struck, He falleth
Prostrate, and with struggling breath
Three times on His God He calleth,
Praying that the bitter death
And the cup of doom may go,
Till, replacing inward woe,
Angel-comforts round Him gather
"Not My will, but THINE, O Father!"
4. See! how in that hour of darkness, Battling with the evil power, Agonies untold assail Him,
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