Another Year of Life Is Gone?

Another year of life is gone?

Thus far thy God has helped thee on.

On mer­cies past

as years roll by

Look back

my soul with grate­ful eye

And now

once more

re­joice to raise

Thy Eb­en­ez­er to His praise!

The un­known fu­ture lies be­fore;

Its sec­rets seek not to ex­plore.

Onward and up­ward tread the road

From day to day marked out by God.

Faint

yet pur­su­ing

thou shalt see

That as thy day thy strength shall be.

And when thy steps draw near­er home

Fear not; the pro­mised sign will come

At ev­en­ing time it shall be light

To chase the gloom from death’s short night

Which swift as thought shall pass away

Dissolved in ev­er­last­ing day!