Now Let Us Come Before Him

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 lang­uish

And pass through times of ang­uish

Of wars and tre­pi­da­tion

Alarming ev­ery na­tion.

As mo­thers watch are keep­ing

O’er child­ren who are sleep­ing

Their fear and grief as­suag­ing

When an­gry storms are wag­ing.

So God His own is shield­ing

And 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 Thee

And for Thy grace im­plore Thee

Oh

grant Thy be­ne­dict­ion

And pa­tience in af­flict­ion.

Be Thou a help­er spee­dy

To 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 us

Thy 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!