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Thou Christ of mine, Thy gracious ear low bending / Through these glad New Year days, / To catch the countless prayers to heaven ascending- / For e'en hard hearts do raise / Some secret wish for fame, or gold, or power, / Or freedom from all care- / Dear, patient Christ, who listeneth hour on hour, / Hear now a Christian's prayer.
Let this young year that, silent, walks beside me, / Be as a means of grace / To lead me up, no matter what betide me, / Nearer the Master's face. / If it need be that ere I reach the Fountain / Where living waters play, / My feet should bleed from sharp stones on the mountain, / Then cast them in my way.