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NEW YEAR'S HYMN, by                    
First Line: What message bears the new year sun?
Last Line: O living god, we pray thee, hear.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year


WHAT message bears the New Year sun?
He heralds nature's Christmastide:
He brings us life, and hope new won,
And grace of God, that shall abide.

As Jesus went about, of old,
So goes the sun his yearly round,
And cloaks his children from the cold
And comforts them for every wound.

O look upon his pathway bright,
Thou child that wouldst from winter flee,
And wheresoe'er the sun gives light
Lo! 'tis thy father seeking thee.

Fear not, though here be cold today
And worldly joys a feast foredone
And all thy strength as driven spray,
For God is Lord of earth and sun.

He hears the tempest's minstrelsy,
He hears the sleeping babe draw breath,
He hears the very heart of thee
And knows each throb from birth to death.

Ay, God is Lord in every age:
He speaks, His creatures but give ear.
His words excite, His words assuage
The mighty deep, the secret tear.

Within the hollow of His hand
Lie cradle, home, life's pathway, grave,
The weal, the woe of this our land
From topmost peak to utmost wave.

O may Thy succor be our sun
And hallow us for this new year.
O Lord most high, O Holy One,
O living God, we pray Thee, hear.







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