New Year Feast
The first day of the civil year, kept in the churches as the day Jesus received his name, eight days after the birth. The readings face forward: Lamentations 3:22 on mercies new every morning, and Isaiah 43:19 on the new thing about to spring up.
When it falls
Friday
The verses for the day
- {It is of} the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.Lamentations 3:22
- Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, {and} rivers in the desert.Isaiah 43:19
- So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}Psalms 90:12
- Therefore if any man {be} in Christ, {he is} a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {he is: or, let him be}2 Corinthians 5:17
