Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-02
u NEW YEAR.

THE NEW YEAR.
ATS Happy Advent-ssl Srtous weather
-anteresting servicas-A Happy New
Year All Around.
New Years eve and New Years day
we're two bright and beautiful fragments;
Of time ard 1889 came to us in SO
gracious a mood that every one bows
10 homage and declares it more winsome
than all its predecessors. What the
year will do when it becomes older aud
stronger no one can toretell, but it is
certainly as comfortable a bantling as
ever ives ever fang into the hopper OF
time.
The evening vas observed in two Of
the churches-the Episcopal and the
Methodist. At Christ church (Episcopal)
Rector Wyatt Klamath had arranged an
elaborate programme OF service. music
and sermon, and at o quarter past eleven
O'Clock the festival began, closing at
midnight with the administration OF
holy communion. II was o beautiful
and impressive evening and WAS well at
tending BY the Christ church parishions
ers and others.
The services at the Nj. E. church were
unusually interesting and drew o large
audience. The Young peoples literary
society held their regular meeting in the
basement from 7:30 to 9 and at the latter
hour the services began in the audience
room. After q short prayer and song
service, Rev. F. A. Burdick delivered o
sermon from "She hath done what che
could" Sacrifice is the central truth Of
the gospel. The incarnation, the oruci-
fxlon were great lessons OF eacfifios, All
the old testament ritual was designed
to teach men, ye are not your own and
shat there must be unqualified surrender.
The different offerings OF the Jewish
ritual were added together and the
speaker said the Jew gave fully one half
OF his property to the Lords cause, and
then the holy days aad times OF worship
took one half OF his tins as we'll. Have
we done what we could? What is to be
the measure of our conservation in re-.
gard to time. money, talent and
heart? Could God cay OF us,
They have done what they could.,'
An after service was then held and o
number came forward desiring to lead
Q hol,es life. After q short tesii-
mony meeting Rev. Geo. r. Oake
preached in his usual forcible style from
the text, ESCAPE for thy life." He
spoke till IL :55 when the pastor in q few
words spoke OF the close OF she year and
ct his request every person in tho house
knelt TO spend the last q
ments OF the year in prayer. Ii was q
very impressive scene. The large aud
ienoe that had remained till the last
hour was yisibly moved as the tolling OF
the bells announced the death of the
year 1888. When the new year came o
hymn was sung and the service was
!! closed. Al present united IN SCI TINT
il had been q pleasant and profitable
meeting.
Az the aidnight hour shere was q
chorus OF BEL ringers from several
steeples in the city a to this wss adj
ded the shrilI screech of steam whistles.
Il was q loud welcome to the new born
year.
During New Years day the populace
was quite generally in the open air. The
sun shone from an unclouded sky, the
atmosphere was soft and baImy snd
walks and streets were dry and dusty,
Ii was a day when outer garments were
superauous end many of our perspising
citizens appeared in linen dasssse, s.raw
hats and carrying fane and umbrellas
All day long from dawn to dusk the
glorious weather prevailed and the
night was but q continuation OF atmos.
pheria miidness. The afternoon and
evening was largely devoted TO calling
and the experience Of all was that il wat
in faot o Happy New Yesr.