Tr. (1861) from the Latin by Rev. F. POTT

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TALLIS C. M.

THOMAS TALLIS, C. 1567

its hopes and fears, count-less gifts re-ceived; new-born year to bless;

1. The year is gone beyond re call, With all 2. Thy thank-ful peo - ple praise Thee, Lord, For 3. To Thee we come, O gra-cious Lord, The ©; 2 4 2 2664

With all its bright and gladd'ning smiles, With all its mourners' tears.
And pray for grace to keep the faith Which saints of old be-lieved.
Defend our land from pes ti-lence; Give peace and plenteousness;

A-men.

The op'ning year Thy
By His in
ces-sant
We to Thy guardian

mercy shows; That mercy crowns it till it close.
boun-ty fed, By His un- err

ing counsel led.
care com-mit, And,peaceful,leave before Thy feet.
our changing days. A-men.

Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Adored thro' all

Rev. LEONARD BACON, 1833

295

DUKE STREET L. M.

JOHH HATTON, C. 1793

I. O God,beneath Thy guid - ing hand Our ex-iled fathers crossed the sea; 2. Thou heard'st, well pleased, the song, the prayer: Thy blessing came; and still its power 3. Laws,freedom,truth,and faith in God Came with those exiles o'er the waves; 4. And here Thy name, O God of love, Their children's children shall a - dore,

And when they trod the win-try strand, With pray'r and psalmthey worshipp'd Thee.
Shall onward,through all ages, bear The memory of that holy hour.
And where their pilgrim feet have trod, The God they trusted guards their graves.
Till these e - ter - nal hills re-move, And spring adorns the earth no more. A-men.

O hear us for our

native land,-The land we love the most.

Our children too;-how should we love Another land So well?
With prosp'rous times our cit - ies crown, Our fields with plenteous-ness. A - men.