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A Better New Year

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jan 2, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 1.

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A Better New Year

By Mrs. S. M. Spicer

MRS. S. M. SPICER
Ring out the old year, all its fruitage of sorrow, Its dark nights of woe all dripping with tears. Ring in the new year, with a joyous to-morrow, The dawning of hope that will banish all fears. Ring out all oppression, and graspings for gold That entail on the poor both hunger and cold. Ring in the sweet spirit the dear Master bore, With help for the sorrowing, the sick, and the poor.
Ring out the harsh clangor of battle and strife, The blood-sprinkled soil of many a land. Ring in blessed peace and brotherly love, When justice shall rule with a pitying hand. Yet, never will flee earth's shadows away Till sin has been vanquished, and mankind, forgiven, Shall walk with its God in the love-light of heaven. Ring out the old world, all the fruitage of sin; With gladness the new earth, redeemed, usher in.
Takoma Park, D. C.