The Hymnal ‎#1

1. 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.

5 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.

6 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.

7 Seek we no more; content with these,
Let present rapture, comfort, ease,
As heaven shall bid them, come and go:
The secret this of rest below.

8 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: New every morning is the love
• Author: John Keble (1822)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Daily Prayer: Morning

Tune Information

• Name: MELCOMBE
• Composer: Samuel Webbe (1782)
• Meter: L.M.
• Incipit: 55432 16551 76554
• Key: E Major