Hymn
New Year's Day
Sing to the great Jehovah's praise!
All praise to Him belongs;
Who kindly lengthens out our days,
Demands our choicest songs.
His providence hath brought us through
Another various year;
We all with vows and anthems new
Before our God appear.
Father, Thy mercies past we own,
Thy still continued care;
To Thee presenting, through Thy Son,
Whate'er we have or are.
Our lips and lives shall gladly show
The wonders of Thy love,
While on in Jesus' steps we go
To see Thy face above.
Our residue of days or hours
Thine, wholly Thine, shall be,
And all our consecrated powers
A sacrifice to Thee:
Till Jesus in the clouds appear
To saints on earth forgiven,
And bring the grand sabbatic year
The Jubilee of heaven.
New Year's Day — Text from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/new-years-day-4
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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 1917. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including The Sacramental Seal and He Waiteth to Be Gracious.
Is New Year's Day public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Methodist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1917. 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 Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Sovereign Purposes of God, A Song of Deliverance from Great Distress and How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds.