Break, New-Born Year, on glad eyes break

Break, New-Born Year, on glad eyes break. Thomas Hornblower Gill* (1819-1906).  This hymn is dated 1855 in some books, and by JJ , p. 421. It was published in Gill’s The Golden Chain of Praise (1869). It was entitled ‘New Year Hymn’:  Break, New-born Year, on glad eyes break!  Melodious voices move! On, rolling Time! thou canst not make  The Father cease to love.  The parted year had wingèd feet;  The Saviour still doth stay:The New Year comes; but, Spirit sweet,  Thou goest not away.  Our hearts in tears may oft run o’er;  But, Lord, Thy smile still beams; Our sins are swelling evermore;  But pardoning grace still streams. Lord! from this year more service win,  More glory, more...