Scripture Verse

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the Gospel. Mark 1:15

Introduction

Words: A. Ro­sal­the Ca­rey, 1896.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ca­rey (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

It is new, it is new ev­ery mo­ment,
Half its mar­vels have ne­ver been told;
This glad mes­sage of hope and re­dem­ption,
This sweet Gos­pel that ne­ver grows old.

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Tell it ov­er and ov­er,
Tell it ov­er again;
Tell of mer­cy and love and sal­va­tion,
Till all earth shall re­ply, Amen!

’Tis a mes­sage of boun­ty and mer­cy,
Full of heart-throbs of love from the throne;
They who quaff at its foun­tain of pro­mise
Make the glo­ries of Hea­ven their own.

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It has balm for the wounds of life’s bat­tle,
For the great Heal­er left it be­low;
And it tells how the heart, sin makes crim­son,
Grows, by faith in His blood, white as snow.

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Happy souls, hap­py souls that re­ceive it,
They have on­ly to learn and be­lieve;
Just to turn from earth-id­ols to Je­sus,
Keep His word, and sal­va­tion receive.

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