O Lord, Our Father, Thanks to Thee

Lord

our Fa­ther

thanks to Thee

In this new year we ren­der

For ev­ery ev­il had to flee

Before Thee

our de­fend­er.

Our life was nour­ished

we were fed

With rich sup­plies of dai­ly bread

And peace reigned in our bor­ders.

Lord Je­sus Christ

our thanks to Thee

In this new year we ren­der;

Thy reign hath kept Thy peo­ple free

Hath shown Thy mer­cies ten­der.

Thou hast re­deemed us with Thy blood

Thou art our joy

our on­ly good

In life and death our Sav­ior.

Lord Ho­ly Ghost

our thanks to Thee

In this new year we ren­der

For Thou hast led our eyes to see

Thy truth in all its splen­dor

And thus en­kin­dled from above

Within our hearts true faith and love

And other Christ­ian vir­tues.

Our faith­ful God

we cry to Thee:

Still bless us with Thy fa­vor

Blot out all our ini­qui­ty

And hide our sins for­ev­er.

Grant us a hap­py

good new year

And

when the hour of death draws near

A peace­ful

blest de­par­ture.