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The Last Day in the Year.
Oh Thou, who dwellest in the heavens,
Whom angels love and fear,
Who giv'st us in thy tender love
To close another year,—
Whom angels love and fear,
Who giv'st us in thy tender love
To close another year,—
Did'st for our many daily wants
Untiringly provide,
And grant us friends and parents dear
Our thoughtless steps to guide,—
Untiringly provide,
And grant us friends and parents dear
Our thoughtless steps to guide,—
When sickness smote our feeble frames,
Did'st take away our pain,
And even when others sought the grave,
Restor'd our health again,—
Did'st take away our pain,
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Restor'd our health again,—
And bade the lamp of knowledge shine
With radiance full and free,
And sent thy holy Book to shew
The path that leads to Thee,—
With radiance full and free,
And sent thy holy Book to shew
The path that leads to Thee,—
Oh! give us good and grateful hearts
Thy mercy to adore,
And take our spirits, when we die,
Where they can praise thee more.
Thy mercy to adore,
And take our spirits, when we die,
Where they can praise thee more.
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