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Text:Now a new year opens
Author:Rev. Samuel C. Clarke
Tune:[Now a new year opens]
Composer:T. Armstrong

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: Now Public Domain. Tune name in index: NEW YEAR
Tune Information
Name: [Now a new year opens]
Composer: T. Armstrong
Meter: 6.5.
Key: D Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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