Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) ‎#270

270. New every morning is the love

1 New every morning is the love
our waking and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life and power and thought.

2 New mercies, each returning day,
surround your people as they pray:
new dangers past, new sins forgiven,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.

3 If in our daily life our mind
be set to honour all we find,
new treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.

4 The trivial round, the common task,
will give us all we ought to ask;
room to deny ourselves, a road
to bring us daily nearer God.

5 Prepare us, Lord, in your dear love
for perfect life with you above,
and help us, this and every day,
to grow more like you as we pray.

Text Information

• First Line: New every morning is the love
• Author: J. Keble (1792-1866)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 (LM)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1987
• Scripture:
  Lamentations 2:20-22
• Topic: God's World: Days and Nights: Morning; Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom: Suffering

Tune Information

• Name: MELCOMBE
• Composer: S. Webbe the elder (1740-1816)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 (LM)
• Key: E♭ Major