201. 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. A-men.

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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: New every morning is the love
Author: John Keble, 1792 - 1866
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: The Church: Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church: Worship - Morning
Tune Information
Name: MELCOMBE
Composer: Samuel Webbe, 1740 - 1816
Meter: L. M.
Key: E♭ Major



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