Hymn
New Year's Day
Come, let us anew our journey pursue,
Roll round with the year,
Roll round with the year,
And never stand still till the Master appear.
His adorable will let us gladly fulfill,
And our talents improve,
And our talents improve,
By the patience of hope, and the labor of love.
Our life is a dream, our time, as a stream,
Glides swiftly away,
Glides swiftly away,
And the fugitive moment refuses to stay,
The arrow is flown, the moment is gone;
The millennial year
The millennial year
Rushes on to our view, and eternity’s here.
O that each in the day of His coming may say,
“I have fought my way through,
I have fought my way through;
I have finished the work thou didst give me to do!”
O that each from his Lord may receive the glad word,
“Well and faithfully done,
Well and faithfully done!
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne!”
New Year's Day — Text from Songs of Faith and Triumph 1, 2 and 3 Combined, 1929. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/new-years-day-2
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote New Year's Day?
The words of New Year's Day were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1929. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including The Prospect Joyous and Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise.
Is New Year's Day public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Songs of Faith and Triumph 1, 2 and 3 Combined, published in 1929. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of New Year's Day?
New Year's Day is in 10.5.11.10.5.11.