James Hamilton, 1882. 165 7s Thou who roll’st the year around, Crowned with mercies large and free, Rich Thy gifts to us abound, Warm our praise shall rise to Thee. 2. Kindly to our worship bow, While our grateful thanks we tell, That, sustained by Thee, we now Bid the parting year farewell! 3. All its numbered days are sped, All its busy scenes are o’er, All its joys forever fled, All its sorrows felt no more. 4. Mingled with th’ eternal past, Its remembrance shall decay, Yet to be revived at last At the solemn Judgment Day. 5. All our follies, Lord, forgive! Cleanse us from each guilty stain; Let Thy grace within us live That we spend not years in vain. 6. Then, when life’s last eve shall come, Happy spirits, may we fly To our everlasting home, To our Father’s house on high! Ray Palmer, 1858. NEW YEAR. 166 7, 5, 8 l Father, let me dedicate All this year to Thee, In whatever earthly state Thou wilt have me be. Not from sorrow, pain, or care, Freedom dare I claim; This alone shall be my prayer: Glorify Thy name. 2. Can a child presume to choose Where or how to live? Can a Father’s love refuse All the best to give? More Thou givest every day Than the best can claim, Nor withholdest aught that may Glorify Thy name. 3. If in mercy Thou wilt spare Joys that yet are mine; If on life, serene and fair, Brighter rays may shine, Let my glad heart, while it sings, Thee in all proclaim, And, whate’er the future brings, Glorify Thy name. 4. If Thou callest to the cross And its shadow come, Turning all my gain to loss, Shrouding heart and home, Let me think how Thy dear Son To His glory came And in deepest woe pray on: “Glorify Thy name.” L. Tuttiett, 1825. 167 L. M. Great God, we sing that mighty Hand By which supported still we stand; The opening year Thy mercy shows; Let mercy crown it till it close. 2. By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still we are guarded by our God, By His incessant bounty fed, By His unerring counsel led. 3. With grateful hearts the past we own; The future, all to us unknown, We to Thy guardian care commit And, peaceful, leave before Thy feet. 4. In scenes exalted or depressed Be Thou our Joy and Thou our Rest; Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Adored through all our changing days.