A NEW YEAR
Unto Eternity another child is born;
We bend above its cradle on this morn,
And take the tiny hand, to lead it whence
We will, for we must guide its footsteps hence;
And, as we hear the echo of its feet
Close by our side, oh, let the trustful heart
Be never led from paths of Right apart!
And may we not at death of this New Year
Drop on its grave one single bitter tear,
Nor fear to meet it at the Judgment Seat!
We bend above its cradle on this morn,
And take the tiny hand, to lead it whence
We will, for we must guide its footsteps hence;
And, as we hear the echo of its feet
Close by our side, oh, let the trustful heart
Be never led from paths of Right apart!
And may we not at death of this New Year
Drop on its grave one single bitter tear,
Nor fear to meet it at the Judgment Seat!
LIGHT
First-born of God, whose whiteness hath been tried
In sev'n-fold fires; hidden in which thy God
Hath ever walked (in sign) close by thy side;
Not one seared spot bears Earth where thou hast trod;
Nor smell of smoke upon thy garments found;
But all the cords which Earth to Darkness bound,
Are, by thy hands, miraculous, unwound!
In sev'n-fold fires; hidden in which thy God
Hath ever walked (in sign) close by thy side;
Not one seared spot bears Earth where thou hast trod;
Nor smell of smoke upon thy garments found;
But all the cords which Earth to Darkness bound,
Are, by thy hands, miraculous, unwound!
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