Another Year is Dawning

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
"Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years"
Genesis 1:14

Another year is dawning!
Dear Father, let it be,
In working or in waiting,
Another year with Thee;
Another year of leaning
Upon Thy loving breast;
Another year of trusting,
Of quiet, happy rest;

Another year of mercies,
Of faithfulness and grace;
Another year of gladness
In the shining of Thy face;
Another year of progress,
Another year of praise;
Another year of proving
Thy presence all the days;

Another year of service,
Of witness for Thy love;
Another year of training
For holier work above.
Another year is dawning!
Dear Father, let it be
On earth, or else in heaven,
Another year for Thee.

WORDS: Frances R. Havergal, 1874
MUSIC: Samuel Wesley, 1864

(Click on Frances R. Havergal's name above to read a brief biography of this prolific hymnwriter. She was only 43 when she died, yet she had written 80 hymns and memorized much of the New Testament, as well as the Psalms and Isaiah!)


Blessings to you on this first day of 2010!