Ye Worms of Earth, Arise

Ye worms of earth

arise

Ye crea­tures of a day

Redeem the time

be bold

be wise

And cast your bonds away;

Shake off the chains of sin

Like us as­sem­bled here

With hymns of praise to ush­er in

This new

ac­cept­ed year.

The year of Gos­pel grace

Like us re­joice to see

And thank­ful­ly in Christ em­brace

Your prof­fered li­ber­ty.

See

par­don

peace are nigh

Which ev­ery soul may prove;

The Lord

who now is pass­ing by

Makes this the time of love.

O Sav­ior

Lord of all

Thy prof­fer we re­ceive

Obedient to Thy Gos­pel call

That bids us turn

and live;

Our for­mer years mis­spent

Though late

we deep­ly mourn

And soft­ened by Thy grace re­pent

And to Thy arms re­turn.

With fear

and grief

and shame

Our fol­ly we be­moan

But won­der at the pa­tient Lamb

Who lets us still alone:

Thy pa­tience lifts us up

Thy free un­bound­ed grace

And all our fear is lost in hope

And all our grief in praise.

To Thee

by whom we live

Our praise and lives we pay

Praise

ar­dent

cor­di­al

con­stant give

And shout to see the day:

The day of sav­ing grace

Thy con­se­crat­ed year

When Thou

bright sun of right­eous­ness

Doth to our world ap­pear.

Risen

we know Thou art

With heal­ing in Thy wings

We feel

we feel it in our heart

The life Thy pre­sence brings!

The seal and ear­nest this

Our par­don we re­ceive

And look with Thee in glo­ri­ous bliss

Eternally to live.