A New Year confronts us: and must it be true 'Whatever it brings us, it brings nothing new'? Let cynics be silent - salvation is near! God send us a happy and peaceful New Year! 'How quickly time flies!' is a cry from the heart; We need all our courage to make a fresh start, To track in life's jungle a path that is clear: God send us a happy and peaceful New Year! How easy the greeting! It slips off the tongue As if we forgot the world's measureless wrong. We stumble to find it, a prayer that's sincere: God send us a happy and peaceful New Year! How happy God's children, the makers of peace! Too slowly, yet surely, their numbers increase; Their patience in loving is casting out fear: God send us a happy and peaceful New Year!