Oh God of new beginnings,
who created earth and heaven,
God of the new birth,
another year is dawning
upon our pilgrim way,
a new year of promise
like a rainbow in the sky,
like a trek across a wilderness,
a pillar of cloud by day
and a blazing fire by night!
Oh let us put our hand in Thine!
Oh lead us to that promised land,
that promised land where all is peace
and strife and warfare at last shall cease!