[Verse 1]
     
We thank thee,

 O God, for a 

prophet
              
To guide us in

              
 these latter 


days.
             
We thank thee 

              
for sending th

      
e gospel
             
To lighten our

             
 minds with it

  
s rays.
              
We thank thee 

          
for every bles

sing
              
Bestowed by th

            
y bounteous ha

nd.
            
We feel it a p

              
leasure to ser

   
ve thee
             
And love to ob

       
ey thy command

.


[Verse 2]
      
When dark clou

ds of trouble 

hang o’er us
              
And threaten o

              
ur peace to de


stroy,
             
There is hope 

              
smiling bright

          
ly before us,
             
And we know th

             
at deliv’rance

    
 is nigh.
              
We doubt not t

             
he Lord nor hi

   
s goodness.
              
We’ve proved h

              
im in days tha

      
t are past.
             
The wicked who

             
 fight against

 
 Zion
              
Will surely be

       
 smitten at la

st.


[Verse 3]
       
We’ll sing of 

his goodness a

nd mercy.
              
We’ll praise h

              
im by day and 


by night,
             
Rejoice in his

              
 glorious gosp

     
el,
             
And bask in it

             
s life-giving 

    
light.
             
Thus on to ete

         
rnal perfectio

n
              
The honest and

              
 faithful will

  
 go,
             
While they who

             
 reject this g

    
lad message
              
Shall never su

            
ch happiness k


now.