Worship (4th ed.) ‎#999

999. Greet Now the Swiftly Changing Year

Would you like to download or print this congregational reprint file?
If you have an active "reprint" license with ONE LICENSE, you can download a printable version of this congregational reprint file at no extra cost.

Obtain Reprint Permission and Download from ONE LICENSE

1 Greet now the swiftly changing year
With joy and penitence sincere.
Rejoice, rejoice, with thanks embrace
Another year of grace.

2 When Jesus came to wage sin's war,
The Name of names for us he bore.
Rejoice, rejoice, with thanks embrace
Another year of grace.

3 His love abundant far exceeds
The volume of a whole year's needs.
Rejoice, rejoice, with thanks embrace
Another year of grace.

4 With such a Lord to lead our way
In hazard or prosperity,
What need we fear in earth or space
In this new year of grace?

5 "All glory be to God on high,
And peace on earth!" the angels cry.
Rejoice, rejoice, with thanks embrace
Another year of grace.

6 God, Father, Son, and Spirit, hear:
To all our pleas incline your ear;
Upon our lives rich blessing trace
In this new year of grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Greet now the swiftly changing year
• Title: Greet Now the Swiftly Changing Year
• Translator: Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1919-2008 (alt.)
• Meter: 88 86
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Topic: New Year
• Copyright: Tr. © 1969, Concordia Publishing House

Tune Information

• Name: SIXTH NIGHT
• Composer: Alfred V. Fedak, b. 1953
• Meter: 88 86
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: © 1989, Selah Publishing Co.