At Thy Feet, Our God and Father

At Thy feet

our God and Fa­ther

Who has blest us all our days

We with grate­ful hearts would ga­ther

To be­gin the year with praise:

Praise for light so bright­ly shin­ing

On our steps from Heav­en above;

Praise for mer­cies daily twin­ing

Round us gold­en cords of love.

Jesus

for Thy love most ten­der

On the cross for sin­ners shown

We would praise Thee

and sur­ren­der

All our hearts to be Thine own:

With so blest a friend pro­vid­ed

We up­on our way would go

Sure of being safe­ly guid­ed

Guarded well from ev­ery foe.

Every day will be the bright­er

When Thy gra­cious face we see;

Every bur­den will be light­er

When we know it comes from Thee

Spread Thy love’s broad ban­ner o’er us

Give us strength to serve and wait

Till the glo­ry breaks be­fore us

Through the ci­ty’s op­en gate.