Another year of life is gone?
Thus far thy God has helped thee on.
On mer­cies past, as years roll by,
Look back, my soul with grate­ful eye,
And now, once more, re­joice to raise
Thy Eb­en­ez­er to His praise!

The un­known fu­ture lies be­fore;
Its sec­rets seek not to ex­plore.
Onward and up­ward tread the road
From day to day marked out by God.
Faint, yet pur­su­ing, thou shalt see,
That as thy day thy strength shall be.

And when thy steps draw near­er home,
Fear not; the pro­mised sign will come,
At ev­en­ing time it shall be light,
To chase the gloom from death’s short night,
Which swift as thought shall pass away,
Dissolved in ev­er­last­ing day!