Chapter I: CANNOT tell what thou wilt bring to me,

O strange New Year,
But tho’ thick darkness shrouds thy days and months
I will not fear.
Why should I fret my heart to know before
What may befall?
With this one thought content—I ask no more—
God knows it all.

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HEALTH and prosperity
Your life to cheer,
With every blessing
For the bright New Year.

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ON this New Year’s morning
My wishes take their flight,
And wing to thee a greeting
That would make all things bright.

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GLADLY now it is my pleasure,
Joys to wish you, without measure,
Happiness and peace attending,
With pure heavenly blessings blending.

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MAY the blessings of the old year follow in the new.

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WE cannot look into the future,
We cannot tell if the New Year,
Will bring us fresh sorrows to mourn o’er,
Or bring us new blessings to cheer.

But an all-seeing God is above us,
Who knows-what for each one is best,
Who in this world will care for and love us,
And bring us at last to our rest.

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