The Lutheran Hymnal ‎#111

111. Thou Who Roll'st the Year Around

1 Thou who roll’st the year around,
Crowned with mercies large and free,
Rich Thy gifts to us abound;
Warm our praise shall rise to Thee.

2 Kindly to our worship bow
While our grateful thanks we tell,
That, sustained by Thee, we now
Bid the parting year farewell.

3 All its numbered days are sped,
All its busy scenes are o’er,
All its joys forever fled,
All its sorrows felt no more.

4 Mingled with th’eternal past,
Its remembrance shall decay,
Yet to be revived at last
At the solemn Judgment Day.

5 All our follies, Lord, forgive;
Cleanse us from each guilty stain.
Let Thy grace within us live
That we spend not years in vain.

6 Then, when life’s last eve shall come,
Happy spirits, may we fly
To our everlasting home,
To our Father’s house on high!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou who roll'st the year around
• Title: Thou Who Roll'st the Year Around
• Author: Ray Palmer (1832)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Scripture:
  Psalm 90:12
• Topic: The Church Year: New Year's Eve

Tune Information

• Name: AUS DER TIEFE
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Key: e minor
• Source: "Nürnbergisches Gesangbuch," 1676