Today’s hymn comes from Frances Havergal (1836-1879), a daughter of an English minister, who loved to write hymns, including “Take my life and let it be”. The subject of her hymns often centre around “free and full salvation, through the Redeemer’s merits, for every sinner who will receive it, and her life was devoted to the proclamation of this truth by personal labours, literary efforts, and earnest interest in Foreign Missions.”1 This hymn is a hymn for the start of a New Year and I hope you have the same earnest prayer; enjoy!
Jesus, blessed Saviour, help us now to raise
Songs of glad thanksgiving, songs of holy praise.
Oh, how kind and gracious Thou hast always been!
Oh, how many blessings every day has seen!
Jesus, blessed Saviour, now our praises hear,
For Thy grace and favour crowning all the year.
Jesus, holy Saviour, only Thou canst tell
How we often stumbled, how we often fell!
All our sins (so many!) Saviour, Thou dost know:
In Thy blood most precious wash us white as snow.
Jesus, blessed Saviour, keep us in Thy fear,
Let Thy grace and favour pardon all the year.
Jesus, loving Saviour, only Thou dost know
All that may befall us as we onward go;
So we humbly pray Thee, take us by the hand,
Lead us ever upward to the better land.
Jesus, blessed Saviour, keep us ever near,
Let Thy grace and favour shield us all the year.
Jesus, precious Saviour, make us all Thine own,
Make us Thine forever, make us Thine alone.
Let each day, each moment of this glad new year,
Be for Jesus only, Jesus, Savior dear.
Then, O blessed Saviour, never need we fear:
For Thy grace and favour crown our bright New Year.
1hymnary.org/person/Havergal_Frances
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