"Now Let Us Come Before Him"
                   by Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676
                                  Text From:
                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. Now let us come before Him,
        With song and prayer adore Him,
        Who to our life hath given
        All needed strength from heaven.

        2. The stream of years is flowing,
        And we are onward going,
        From old to new surviving
        And by His mercy thriving.

        3. In woe we often languish
        And pass through times of anguish,
        Of wars and trepidation
        Alarming every nation.

        4. As mothers watch are keeping
        O'er children who are sleeping,
        Their fear and grief assuaging
        When angry storms are raging.

        5. So God His own is shielding
        And help to them is yielding.
        When need and woe distress them,
        His loving arms caress them.

        6. O Thou who dost not slumber,
        Remove what would encumber
        Our work, which prospers never
        Unless Thou bless it ever.

        7. O God of Mercy, hear us;
        Our Father, be Thou near us;
        Mid crosses and in sadness
        Be Thou our Fount of gladness.

        8. To all who bow before Thee
        And for Thy grace implore Thee,
        Oh, grant Thy benediction
        And patience in affliction.

        9. Be Thou a Helper speedy
        To all the poor and needy,
        To all forlorn a Father;
        Thy erring children gather.

        10. Be with the sick and ailing,
        Their Comforter unfailing;
        Dispelling grief and sadness,
        Oh, give them joy and gladness!

        11. Above all else, Lord, send us
        Thy Spirit to attend us,
        Within our hearts abiding,
        To heaven our footsteps guiding.

        12. All this Thy hand bestoweth,
        Thou Life, whence our life floweth.
        To all Thy name confessing
        Grant, Lord, Thy New Year's blessing.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #122 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Ps. 91:1
        Author: Paul Gerhardt
        Translated by: John Kelly, 1867, alt.
        Titled: Nun lasst uns gehn und treten
        Tune: Nun lasst uns Gott, dem Herren
        1st Published in: "Christliche Psalmen"
        Town: Leipzig, 1587
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