Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#199

199. 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 great 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: J. Keble, 1792-1866
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church and the Kingdom of God: Morning; Daily: Mercies; Friendship; Morning: Hymns for; Prayer: Morning; Mercies of God; Opportunity; Thoughts: Of God; Sleep, natural

Tune Information

• Name: MELCOMBE
• Composer: Samuel Webbe, 1740-1816
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: E♭ Major