Today, on this day when Brexit officially begins, we remember John Keble (1792-1866) an English priest and author of a cycle of poetry called The Christian Year, one of which is the lovely hymn “New every morning is the love. In 1833 he sparked the Oxford Movement which “sought to return the church to it ancient sacramental heritage.”

                            Psalm 101:2 

I 

will 

stri-

-ve 

to

fol-

low 

a 

blame

-less 

cour-

se;… 

I will walk with 

sincerity 

of heart within my house. 

May we accomplish 

with integrity and 

courage what you 

give us to do, and 

endure what you 

give us to bear. 

    - Collect 

New every morning is the love 

our wakening and uprising prove;

through sleep and darkness safely brought,

restored to life and power and thought.

New mercies, each returning day, 

around us hover while we pray;

new perils past, new sins forgiven,

new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.

If on our daily course our mind

be set to hallow all we find,

new treasures still, of countless price,

God will provide for sacrifice.

Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be,

as more of heaven in each we see;

some softening gleam of love and prayer

shall dawn on every cross and care.

The trivial round, the common task,

will furnish all we ought to ask:

room to deny ourselves; a road

to bring us daily nearer God.

Only, O Lord, in thy dear love,

fit us for perfect rest above;

and help us, this and every day,

to live more nearly as we pray.

          Words: John Keble, 1822 

          Music: Melcombe 

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