Alleluiah, A Happy New Year

Then out through the gates of the midnight—
      The door of the past was ajar—
      His robe like a shroud wrapped around him,
      The Old Year vanished afar.
And as morn with her soft rosy fingers
      Flung open the gates of the East,
      The New Year looked out from its chambers
      With a smile and a blessing of peace.

~Eliza A. Wetherby Otis (1833–1904),

Hope and faith flower 
from the cheerful seeds of the old year 
to the sprouting garden 
of the new year's dawn. 

~Terri Guillemets

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,

all earth:

make a loud noise, 

and rejoice,

and 

sing praise.

Psalms 98:4

Lord, as the New Year dawns today,
      Help me to put my faults away.
      Let me be big in little things;
      Grant me the joy which friendship brings;
      Keep me from selfishness and spite,
      Let me be wise to what is right.
A Happy New Year! grant that I
      May cause no tear to any eye.
      When this new year in time shall end,
      Let it be said: "I've played the friend,
      Have lived and loved and labored here
      And made of it a happy year."

~Edgar Guest (1881–1959), 

"Prayer for the New Year"

Joy to the World

 And he shall be called ^aJesus ^bChrist, 

the ^cSon of God, 

the ^dFather of heaven and earth, 

the ^eCreator of all things from the beginning; 

and his ^fmother shall be called Mary.

Mosiah 3:8,12-13,16-19

And now, because of the covenant which ye have made 

ye shall be called the ^achildren of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; 

for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; 

for ye say that your hearts are ^bchanged through faith on his name; 

therefore, ye are ^cborn of him 

and have become his ^dsons and his daughters.

Mosiah 5:7-10,15

 Behold, they will ^acrucify him; 

and after he is laid in a ^bsepulchre for the space of ^cthree days 

he shall ^drise from the dead, 

with healing in his wings; 

and all those who shall believe on his name 

shall be saved in the kingdom of God. 

Wherefore, 

my soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him, 

for I have ^eseen his day, 

and my heart doth magnify his holy name.

2 Nephi 25:13

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2. Joy to the world, the Lord is come;
   Let earth receive her King!
   Let ev’ry heart prepare him room,
   And Saints and angels sing,
   And Saints and angels sing,
   And Saints, and Saints and angels sing.
3. Rejoice! Rejoice when Jesus reigns,
   And Saints their songs employ,
   While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
   Repeat the sounding joy,
   Repeat the sounding joy,
   Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
4. No more will sin and sorrow grow,
   Nor thorns infest the ground;
   He’ll come and make the blessings flow
   Far as the curse was found,
   Far as the curse was found,
   Far as, far as the curse was found.
5.  Rejoice! Rejoice in the Most High,
   While Israel spreads abroad
   Like stars that glitter in the sky,
   And ever worship God,
   And ever worship God,
   And ever, and ever worship God.

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