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THE NEW YEAR,

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 2, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 1.

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THE NEW YEAR,

By Eliza H. Morton

The year, all new and fresh and bright, E’en like a scroll appears, But soon it will be written o’er, And stamped with hopes and fears.
O man! the tablet is for thee, And on it thou must trace A record that no mortal hand Can alter or erase.
Shall then the page all spotted be With words and acts impure? Or shall it bear an impress true, That ever will endure?
Discern thou now, and wisely choose The “onward, upward” way; And then thy strength shall ever be All equal to thy day.
And time redeemed will prove to thee A heritage divine; And jewels bright within thy crown, As stars, will glow and shine.
And though the storms of life may beat, And earthly temples fall, There is a Being good and great, Who ruleth over all.
And in the vast, unknown Beyond, The tumult and the strife Will all be hushed, and years be merged In everlasting life.
O glad new year! O blissful hour! O day of days the best, When Jesus takes the kingly throne, And gives his people rest!
ELIZA H. MORTON.
January, 1879.