To God the Anthem Raising

To God the an­them rais­ing

Sing

Christ­ians

great and small;

Sing out

His good­ness prais­ing

Oh

thank Him

one and all!

Behold how God this year

Which now is safe­ly end­ed

Hath in His love be­friend­ed

His child­ren far and near.

Let us con­sid­er right­ly

His mer­cies ma­ni­fold

And let us not think light­ly

Of all His gifts un­told.

Let thank­ful­ness re­call

How God this year hath led us

How He hath clothed and fed us

The great ones and the small.

To church and state He grant­ed

His peace in ev­ery place

His vine­yard He hath plant­ed

Among us by His grace

His ev­er boun­te­ous hand

Prosperity hath giv­en

And want and fa­mine driv­en

From this our na­tive land.

His Fa­ther heart is yearn­ing

To take us for His own

When

our trans­gress­ions mourn­ing

We trust in Christ alone;

When in His name we pray

And hum­bly make con­fess­ion

He par­dons our trans­gress­ion

And is our faith­ful stay.

Our God hath well de­fend­ed

Hath kept us through His grace;

But if He had con­tend­ed

With us our sins to trace

And giv­en us our meed

We all would then be ly­ing

In sin and sor­row

dy­ing

Each one for his mis­deed.

O Fa­ther dear in Heav­en

For all Thy gifts of love

Which Thou to us hast giv­en

We lift our thanks above.

In Je­sus’ name we here

To Thee our pray­ers ad­dress­ing

Still ask Thee for Thy bless­ing:

Grant us a joy­ful year.