Common Praise (1998) ‎#7

7. New Every Morning Is the Love

1 New every morning is the love
our wakening and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life and power and thought.

2 New mercies, each returning day,
hover around us while we pray;
new perils past, new sins forgiven,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.

3 If on our daily course our mind
be set to hallow all we find,
new treasures still of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.

4 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be,
as more of heaven in each we see;
some softening gleam of love and prayer
shall dawn on every cross and care.

5 The trivial round, the common task,
will furnish all we ought to ask;
room to deny ourselves, a road
to bring us daily nearer God.

6 Only, O Lord, in thy dear love,
fit us for perfect rest above;
and help us, this and every day,
to live more nearly as we pray.

Text Information

• First Line: New every morning is the love
• Title: New Every Morning Is the Love
• Author: John Keble (1792-1866)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 92
  ;
  1 Peter 4:1-8
• Topic: Morning; Love

Tune Information

• Name: MELCOMBE
• Composer: Samuel Webbe the elder (1740-1816)
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major