Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Come let us anew
Topic: Times and Seasons/Old and New Year
Writer: C Wesley
Composer:
Meter: 5s and 12s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1242
Page Number: 743, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome let us anew
Our journey pursue-
Roll round with the year,
And never stand still till the Master appear;
His adorable will
Let us gladly fulfill,
And our talents improve
By the patience of hope, and the labor of love.
Our life is a dream;
Our time, as a stream,
Glides swiftly away,
And the fugitive moment refuses to stay:
The arrow is flown;
The moment is gone;
The millennial year
Rushes on to our view, and eternity's near.
O that each, in the day
Of his coming, may say,
"I have fought my way through;
I have finish'd the work thou didst give me to do;"
O that each from his Lord.
May receive the glad word.
"Well and faitfully done;
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne."