A NEW YEAR'S PRAYER
Reading edition
God grant that I the new year through May strive with heart and soul to do Those things which are most good and true. God grant that I each morning start My duties with a cheerful heart, And faithfully perform my part. To wear a smile all through the day, To banish thoughts unkind away; And when my bedtime comes, to pray. To say my prayers with folded hands As night comes softly o'er the lands, To Him, who always understands. And when the bells on New Year's dawn Proclaim the bright New Year is born, And I awake on New Year's morn, I pray Him whisper, low and sweet, To help me guide my wayward feet, Lest I forget my prayer to meet.