Scripture Verse

Stand…having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness. Ephesians 6:14

Introduction

Words: Ca­ro­line E. R. Park­er, in Echo to Hap­py Voic­es (New York: Am­eri­can Tract So­ci­ety, 1869), num­ber 114.

Music: How­ard Kings­bu­ry (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Par­ker or Kings­bu­ry (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

O bro­thers, how the years roll on,
Our years of pro­mise, one by one!
The old year fades at still mid­night;
The New Year comes with morn­ing light.
Up, bro­thers, up, the New Year dawns;
Up, up, and gird your ar­mor on;
Go forth to fight—’tis New Year’s morn!
’Tis New Year’s morn!

O bro­thers, how the years roll on,
And bring new du­ties, one by one!
We’ve work to do; make no de­lay;
The light that beams is New Year’s Day.
Up, bro­thers, up, the New Year dawns;
Up, up, and gird your ar­mor on;
Go forth to work—’tis New Year’s morn!
’Tis New Year’s morn!

O bro­thers, how the years roll on,
And bring new mer­cies, one by one!
Come with thanks­giv­ing, come with pray­er,
And greet the New Year’s morn­ing fair!
Up, bro­thers, up, the New Year dawns;
Up, up, and gird your ar­mor on;
Go forth in pray­er—’tis New Year’s morn!
’Tis New Year’s morn!