10. 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,
around us hover 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
Author: John Keble, 1792-1866
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Tune Information
Name: KEDRON
Composer (melody, attr.): Elkanah Kelsay Dare, 1782-1826
Meter: LM
Key: c minor
Source: Hymnal 1982 adapt. ; The Southern Harmony, 1835 harm.



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