Another Year Is Dawning
Story★★★Hymnist Frances Ridley Havergal took New Year’s Day very seriously, always using it as a time of reflection and often composing a poem to send to friends expressing her feelings about the new day and year. The one she wrote in 1874 has become immortal. She was thirty-six at the time, and she dashed off this poem and had it printed on a specially designed greeting card to be sent to friends. The card was captioned: “A Happy New Year! Ever such may it be!” The inside said: Another year is dawning: Dear Father, let it be, In working or in waiting, Another year with Thee; Another year of progress, Another year of praise, Another year of proving Thy presence all the days. •
The point
Frances Ridley Havergal greeted each New Year with a poem of dedication, trusting God's presence to fill 'another year' of working, waiting, and praise.