There are some challenges with suggesting hymns for New Year: the church's year starts in Advent which is a time of preparation for the coming of the Christ-child. The turn-of-the-year observation is purely based on the secular rather than the spiritual sense of new-beginnings. Nevertheless, there is clearly a long-standing desire to mark the event, and a number of hymns have been written which focus on this without being especially suitable for Advent. These hymns, and others about new beginnings, are the basis of the list below.
Other suggestions come from events in the liturgical calendar for particular denominations, eg Roman Catholics observe the Feast of Mary Mother of God on New Year's Day, some Anglicans observe the Holy Name of Jesus, while the Revised Common Lectionary simply lists it as New Year's Day
Free-use hymns
A Year Of Precious Blessings - CrosbyAcross The Sky The Shades Of Night - Hamilton (for Northern Hemisphere use only)
All Beautiful the March of Days - Wile
All my Hope on God is Founded - Bridges
All People that on Earth do Dwell - Kethe
Another Year Completed - Riley
Another Year Is Dawning - Havergal
Come Let us Anew our Journey Pursue - Wesley
Father, let me [here we] Dedicate - Tuttiett
For Thy Mercy and Thy Grace - Downton
From Glory Unto Glory - Havergal
God is Working His Purpose Out
Great God we Sing Your Mighty Hand - Doddridge
Hark how Time’s Wide Sounding Bell - Newton
Help us O Lord Behold we Enter - Winkworth
I’ll Count my Blessings - Breck
May this New Year - Thomas Marsom (1743-1815)
Now Let us Come Before Him - Kelly
O Lord Our Father Thanks to Thee - Crull
Oh Rejoice ye Christians, Loudly - Winkworth (verse 4)
Our Festive Song (We welcome with delight) - Crosby
Our God our Help in ages Past
Ring out the old Ring in the New - Tennyson
See Another Year is Gone - Newton
Sing To The Great Jehovah’s Praise - Wesley
The Old Year now hath Passed Away - Winkworth
The Year Is Gone, Beyond Recall - Pott
Time by Moments Steals Away - Newton
To God the Anthem Raising - Doving
While with Ceaseless Course the Sun - Newton
Behold I Make all things New - Bell
Canticle of the Turning - Cooney
Everything New - Prigge (ref)
God How Many Are A Thousand - Gillette (8.7.8.7 D - suggested tune AUSTRIAN HYMN ie one of the tunes used for “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”)
In the Bulb there is a Flower - Sleeth
In the Ending of the Year (ref) - Feeley
Lord for the Years - Dudley-Smith
O Lord all the World Belongs to You - Appleford
On This Day of Celebration - Gillette - 8.7.8.7 D - suggested tune ODE TO JOY, ie the tune used for “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”).
One More Step Along the World I Go - Carter
Sing to the World - Sinclair (ref)
The God of all Eternity - Bell
O Lord Our Father Thanks to Thee - Crull
Oh Rejoice ye Christians, Loudly - Winkworth (verse 4)
Our Festive Song (We welcome with delight) - Crosby
Our God our Help in ages Past
Ring out the old Ring in the New - Tennyson
See Another Year is Gone - Newton
Sing To The Great Jehovah’s Praise - Wesley
The Old Year now hath Passed Away - Winkworth
The Year Is Gone, Beyond Recall - Pott
Time by Moments Steals Away - Newton
To God the Anthem Raising - Doving
While with Ceaseless Course the Sun - Newton
Hymns which may still be copyright
As the Old Year Passes - MacGregor. Tune - Noel Nouvelet. (ref)Behold I Make all things New - Bell
Canticle of the Turning - Cooney
Everything New - Prigge (ref)
God How Many Are A Thousand - Gillette (8.7.8.7 D - suggested tune AUSTRIAN HYMN ie one of the tunes used for “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”)
In the Bulb there is a Flower - Sleeth
In the Ending of the Year (ref) - Feeley
Lord for the Years - Dudley-Smith
O Lord all the World Belongs to You - Appleford
On This Day of Celebration - Gillette - 8.7.8.7 D - suggested tune ODE TO JOY, ie the tune used for “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”).
One More Step Along the World I Go - Carter
Sing to the World - Sinclair (ref)
The God of all Eternity - Bell
Auld Land Syne
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