The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#541b

541b. Now a new year opens

1 Now a new year opens,
Now we newly turn
To the holy Saviour,
Lessons fresh to learn.

2 This the holy lesson
On the year's first day;
Jesus by obedience
Teaches to obey.

3 Of Thy cross thus early,
Tokens Thou dost give;
By Thy wounds Thou healest;
By Thy death we live.

4 Not to suffer only,
Jesus, didst Thou come,
But to leave us way-marks
Pointing to our home.

5 In Thy blessed footsteps
Ever may we tread;
Safe when keeping near thee,
By Thy Spirit led.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Now a new year opens
• Title: Now a new year opens
• Author: Rev. Samuel C. Clarke (1881)
• Meter: 6.5.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: The New Year; For Children
• Notes: Tune name in index: NEW YEAR

Tune Information

• Name: [Now a new year opens]
• Composer: T. Armstrong
• Meter: 6.5.
• Key: D Major