A Word For The New Year.
Our life speeds on as gallant vessels haste
Before the breezes to the distant shore;
Another year has fled, its hours are past,
Its joys and sorrows will return no more.
The new year opens, this is still our own,
At least, as much as God in grace may give;
In love from His bright glory He looks down,
Sustaining all who seek to Him to live.
Yes, there is One who in unchanging love
Has come to earth and blest atonement made;
He sits as Victor on the throne above,
The mighty debt for sinners fully paid.
The Lord is risen, the work completely done,
And all God’s glory rests upon His brow;
God has attested Him His blessed Son,
Soon all the universe to Him must bow.
May this new year its message to us all
Of God’s new world established in His Son,
The risen Man in glory, sweetly call
Our willing hearts to rest in Him alone.
He loves to welcome all who come to Him.
He says “Your many sins are blotted out.
The price is paid, I did your souls redeem.”
Well may we trust Him, nor retain one doubt.
This new year’s day receive Him as your Lord,
Start not again without this constant Friend;
He will support you, guide you by His Word,
And bring you safely to the journey’s end.