Scripture Verse

Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 1 Samuel 7:12

Introduction

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George C. Martin (1844–1916)

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in The Hart­ford Se­lect­ion of Hymns from the Most Ap­proved Au­thors, ed­it­ed by Na­than Strong, Abel Flint & Jo­seph Stew­ard (Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut: John Bab­cock, 1799), page 250, alt.

Music: King of Kings (Mar­tin) George C. Mar­tin (1844–1916) (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

O Lord, by Thy sup­port­ing hand,
We en­ter on ano­ther year;
And now we meet at Thy com­mand,
To seek Thy gra­cious pre­sence here.

Have mer­cy on our nu­mer­ous youth,
Who, young in years, are old in sin;
And by Thy spi­rit and Thy truth,
Show them the state their souls are in.

Then, by a Sav­ior’s dy­ing love
To ev­ery wound­ed heart re­vealed,
Temptations, fears, and guilt re­move,
And be their sun, and strength, and shield.

To mourn­ers speak a cheer­ing word,
On seek­ing souls vouch­safe to shine;
Let poor back­slid­ers be re­stored,
And all Thy saints in prais­es join.

O hear our pray­er and give us hope,
That when Thy voice shall call us home,
Thou still wilt raise a peo­ple up,
To love and praise, no more to roam.