God of our lives, Thy constant care With blessings crowns each opening year; These lives so frail Thy love prolongs, And wakes anew our annual songs. Great God, we sing that mighty hand, By which supported still we stand: The opening year Thy mercy shows; Let mercy crown us till it close. By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still we are guarded by our God; By His incessant bounty fed, By His unerring counsel led. With grateful hearts the past we own; The future, all to us unknown, We to Thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before Thy feet.