Show for the news new i years yearns Thank song another year has as swiftly fled upon the rolling wheels of time anew A new one comes with gladness crow crowned nId and cheerily rings the parting chime 31 farewell i lone pilgrim of the past thy halcyon days are numbered oer henceforth no more thy sun shall disep rise nor joyous be thy twilight hour hail newborn new born year we welcome thee with pleasure to our mountain home thy ny worn awn baa dawned upon us here where free from foes our teet feet may roam and may thine eve when it shall come still find us from oppression oppre sion far may joy and peace with us 09 abound though earth be filled filed with cries and war oar father god to thee we raise the sweetest chorus of our song 5 loud anthems of celestial praise to thee eternal lord belong i strike strike you harps yo your ur harps of gold ye chosen saints of latter days I 1 let every heart oler overflow oer flow with joy the mighty god directs your ways high in the heavens enthroned in light jehovah great in majesty thou reign st eternally supreme and marks to worlds their kneir destiny thou hast bast decreed and worn in truth that unto thee all knees shall bow yea and confess that thou art god tir thy y justice and thy judgement jud gement knew how shall we render praises meet for all thy tender mercies lord with outstretched arm thou ledat us forth with sovereign power thou wilt us guard foes may encamp again st us and strive wi with ith legions strong thy saints surround but vain their efforts death awaits when vohen israels battle trump shau shall sound our works choust crowned with large success and blessed the labor of our hands earth to us yields most bounteously and treasures teem the mountain lands our nocks and herds sp spread read far and wide and enterprise each valley fills 0 on n thee alone thy saints rely 0 gody god mid these the lasting hills the hour of terrors nigh at hand the ile hour of dreadful jud judgments l ment Is near aloud for ven vengeance I 1 bance from the dust cries blood of martyred marty red saints and se seer ei elen een earth eaith eai th herself groans her load of sin and wretchedness androe and woe and as a man made mad with wine in travail tri vail shell reel to and fro but though the earth be burned with fire the 10 in tumult pass away the saints of god unscathed I will stand secure on the great judgment day then let us join to pi praise ase bis big name whose loving kindness still extends ano and may we in his kingdom brownd crow nd uld inherit lives eves that never end |