The cool and balmy breezes blow
And disappeared is winter’s snow,
The merry birds upon the wing,
Are singing sweetly—“It is Spring!”
Forgotten is the winter’s toil
And crocus buds peep thru the soil,
The roses speak, the lilies bloom,
Sending cut their sweet perfume.
God speaks among these beauties rare
And they are ever in His care,
Trusting on Him thru every day,
Blooming brightly in glorious array,
Look to all nature and we learn,
Their faces to the sun they turn,
To God, the Giver of all light,
The darkened pathway He makes bright.
So may we ever lift our heads
From springtime’s greens and flower beds,
To Him from Whom all blessings flow
Upon His children here below.
May we as pilgrims journeying here,
Forever feel that He is near
And look to Him Who sendeth all,
The balmy spring, the beauteous fall.
Alone in dark Gethsemane
Our Saviour knelt to pray,
Alone in deepest agony
He saw the cross-ward way,
It was alone He tarried there
None else His presence kept,
His own disciples could not bear
To tarry—and they slept!
Alone upon the cursed tree
He suffered, bled and died,
That we from bondage might be free
Our Lord was crucified.
O depraved, wretched, fallen man
Cannot his sins atone,
There’s only one, our Saviour can,
‘Tis He and He alone.
Much is to be done in the year to come;
What have we done today?
We shall give our aid in a gentle way:
What did we give today?
We shall lift the burdens and right the wrongs;
We shall cheer our comrades by singing glad songs;
We shall speak kind words of love and cheer,
What did we speak today?
We shall be kind and true through the coming year.
What have we done today?
We shall bring a smile to some lonely life.
What have we brought today?
We shall give to the poor a helping hand
When in their troubles they shall stand,
We shall feed the hungry souls of the earth
But whom have we fed today?
We shall reap many joys in the year to come;
What have we sown today?
In the sky our mansions we would build;
How have we built today?
Right here and now, do we do our task?
Yes, this is the thing that we must ask:
What have we done today?….
