Prepare to Meet Thy God<\/b><\/p>\n
Sin has undone our wretched race; But Jesus has restored, And brought the sinner face to face With his forgiving Lord.<\/p>\n
This we repeat from year to year, And press upon our youth; Lord, give them an attentive ear, Lord, save them by Thy truth!<\/p>\n
Blessings upon the rising race! Make this a happy hour, According to Thy richest grace, And Thine Almighty power.<\/p>\n
We feel for your unhappy state, (May you regard it too,) And would a while ourselves forget To pour out prayer for you.<\/p>\n
We see though you perceive it not, The approaching awful doom; Oh, tremble at the solemn thought, And flee the wrath to come!<\/p>\n
Dear Saviour, let this new-born year Spread an alarm abroad; And cry in every careless ear, \u201cPrepare to meet thy God!\u201d<\/p>\n
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper\u2019s Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York<\/p>\n
A Year Untried Before Me Lies<\/b><\/p>\n
A year untried before me lies. What it shall bring of strange surprise, Of joy, or grief, I cannot tell; But God my Father knoweth well<\/p>\n
I make no concern of mine, But leave it all with Love divine. The sun may shed no light by day, No stars at night illumine my way.<\/p>\n
My soul shall still have no affright Since God is all my life and light. Though all the earthly lights grow dim, He walks in light who walks with Him.<\/p>\n
No ill can come but He can cure, No word doth all of good insure: He\u2019ll see me through the journey\u2019s length, For daily need give daily strength!<\/p>\n
Source unknown <\/p>\n
A New Leaf<\/b><\/p>\n
He came to my desk, with a quivering lip The lesson was done Have you a new leaf for me, teacher. I have spoiled this one I took his leaf, all soiled and blotted And gave him a new one, all unspotted. Then into his stirred heart I smiled \u201cDo better now my child.\u201d<\/p>\n
I went to the throne with a trembling heart The year was done. Have you a new year for me, Father I have spoiled this one. He took my year, all soiled and blotted And gave me a new one, all unspotted And into my tired heart He smiled, \u201cDo better now, my child.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source unknown <\/p>\n
James 4:13-14<\/b><\/p>\n
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth (Prov. 27:1). Come now, ye that say, today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain; whereas ye know not what shall be on the next day. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away <\/p>\n
James 4:13\u201314<\/p>\n
Another Year<\/b><\/p>\n
Another year is dawning, Dear Father let it be, In working or in waiting, Another year with thee.<\/p>\n
Another year of progress, Another year of praise, Another year of proving Thy presence all the days.<\/p>\n
Another year of mercies, Of faithfulness and grace, Another year of gladness, The glory of thy face.<\/p>\n
Another year of leaning Upon thy loving breast, Another year of trusting, Of quiet, happy rest.<\/p>\n
Another year of service, Of witness for thy love, Another year of training For holier work above.<\/p>\n
Another year is dawning, Dear Father, let it be, On earth, or else in heaven, Another year for thee. <\/p>\n
Frances R. Havergal<\/p>\n
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)<\/b><\/p>\n
Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God\u2019s help, I do humble entreat Him, by His grace, to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to His will, for Christ\u2019s sake. [I will] remember to read over these Resolutions once a week:<\/p>\n
1. Resolved, That I will do whatsoever I think to be most to the glory of God, and my own good, profit, and pleasure, in the whole of my duration; without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriads of ages hence. <\/p>\n
2. Resolved, to do whatever I think to be my duty, and most for the good and advantage of mankind in general.<\/p>\n
3. Resolved, Never to lose one moment of time, but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. <\/p>\n
4. Resolved, To live with all my might, while I do live.<\/p>\n
5. Resolved, Never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.<\/p>\n
6. Resolved, Never to do anything out of revenge.<\/p>\n
7. Resolved, Never to speak evil of any one, so that it shall tend to his dishonour, more or less, upon no account except for some real good.<\/p>\n
8. Resolved, To study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly, and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive, myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.<\/p>\n
9. Resolved, Never to count that a prayer, nor to let that pass as a prayer, nor that as a petition of a prayer, which is so made, that I cannot hope that God will answer it; nor that as a confession which I cannot hope God will accept. <\/p>\n
10. Resolved, To ask myself, at the end of every day, week, month, and year, wherein I could possibly, in any respect, have done better.<\/p>\n
11. Resolved, Never to give over, nor in the least to slacken, my fight with my corruptions, however unsuccessful I may be.<\/p>\n
12. Resolved, After afflictions, to inquire, what I am the better for them; what good I have got by them, and what I might have got by them. <\/p>\n
13. Resolved, Always to do that which I shall wish I had done when I see others do it.<\/p>\n
14. Let there be something of benevolence in all that I speak.<\/p>\n
From the Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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