The National tribune., 1896-12-31
EDITon.s CHAT.
Make New Year Resolutions, and Some 10"
VIII Surely Keep.


Make New Year Resolutions. and Some You
VIII Surely Keep.
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
"Tr,l thc hovs and girls TO make their New
Years resolutions The very fact that saey
make them will help them to keep them'
This is the message THAI comes to the eoitor
with The closing year from one who has been
power for good in his day sad generation; one
whose influence will so ca and en- na'i Inc
years leng;hcn into centuries anu ine ee"'af'e'
into cycles without number.
Make your resolutions, anc even II you 10 io'
live ur to them in letter saa spirit tile theush'
that you have made them viii conc up 10 con-
front Won like an licensing conscience, ana
serve 10 secure your allegiance anew TO nigher
ideas and more exalted living.
No one understood better TIE value of high
ideals and The necessity OF reaching cut al'eF
them than Abraham L;Grcln. commenting
upon the assertion OF the Declaration OF inae-
pendcnce that all men are created Tree ana
equal, aud tae inconsistency OF establishing
free Government with the Save iDstituiioh d
part of IL said: -.
nTheyn tthe founders OF the Rcpunlics
"meant to set up standard maxim ior ifse
society which should be familiar to sii, con-
staufiy looked 10. constantly iaeerea lot aug
even though never perfectly attained. con-
siantlv a;rprox mated aud thereby constantly
spreading and Deepening its influence and 40
menting the happiness and icse Oh iiie 10 'Iii
people, of all coors. everywhere.
Every soul, as well as every Nstioa. must SET
up a standard. ana it is oa!y by i"!iowihg III
steadily. unswervingly, through evil anG
through good report thar any measure Oh
moral or spiritual advancement Is marked IL
he fall asleep in the line OF duty, or trip ana
fall into n pit: ii he trait fiis banner IA tiie
dust. or allow il to be suatehed from has an
willing hands. il Will be ali the harder ior MN
10 take another start.
But start lie must IF he would move on, and
every triumph achieved makes the mastery Oh
himself aud his cause more sare. Oh, yes. boys
and girls good friends all, both old and young
remember the advice OF the grand spirit WAC
speaks to YOU ali, and make your NeS year
resolutions now.
Pcrhaps the best OF example of the value o.
good resolutions and perseverance rHfo me emu
is given in the Bible pictures oil the apostle
Peter. Mark the contrast between the pictures
of the abiect Peter WHO played tho coward and
denied his master because he was afraid OF
voman's ridicule. Of the rash Peter, who,
little later, cut off the ear OF servant OF The
high priest to show his returning aliegahee 10
a beifayed leader; of the bigcted. iiliberal
Peter who would not 20 sToin JcPpa to Sesarea
to help Cornelius tie Gentle. until three t'nies
the sheet from heaven had come Gown, Tiled
with an manner of living things while the
voice of the snirit said, IS What ] have ceansed
call not thou uncommon "; o. the triumphant
Peter, driven from city 10 city. prosecuted
aged and ready for the kingdom. WHO wrote 10
all those who resolve and struggle Tor all COM
ing time:
Add 10 your faith virtue; and TO virtue
knowledge: and TO knowledge temperance;
and 10 temperance patience; and TO patience
goodness and 10 rodliness brotterly kindness:
and to brotherly kindness charity"
And let Us Loyal Home Workers each take
the pledge anew to do his utmost in the glad
new year. 1897. for the advancement of Prog
ress and Patriotism along these royal lines.
TURN DER KEW LEAF.
Gg Kate BrownIce Shersrood.
Tbe last page you've written is crumpied and
The prints Of soiied fingers are plain;
Your settlers usissi,spen. your syiiabies s'urred.
Show tie copy was followed IN vain;
Bet pray do not i:h discon-olate face.
Or yield TO a probiless grief
Bat gather fresh courage, look shame la The lace
Turn Ger new iesi!
How shining and bright, How spo.less and pure.
bow plain il she cossy view,
Now steady and siori As yog start you are sure
The resi- Of your task TO pursue
The Master stands near; lie will come at your call,
II peschance you may need His relief
His voice it s. speaking to one ana, 10 all
GRASARY CHURCH.
Mary Z. Cain. Department President of Mas
sschusetts. NRC., kindly calls attention to an
error in a recent L.H.W. editorial mention OF
the old historic burial ground IN Boston, from
The gates Of which inscriptions were given.
Instead of Calvary Church. read Granary
or Park Street Church. la the time of the
Eiaer' Beecher it WAS known as birthstone
Corner" Mrs. Cain adds the following inter.
esting facts:
Was once part OF the Boston Common and
dates back 20 1860. aud the old town granary
which formerly stood where the Park Stree
Church now stands, gave the cemetery it
name.
1.-The old Almshouse Work house, and Bride
well. with the Granary, occupied the whols
length CT Park street FROM the Statehouse OF
the hill down 10 and including the church.
THE Granary was a long wooden building
for storing 1900 bushels of grain, to deal on
TO those who bought by small quantities at al
advance of 10 per cent on the cost"
All this IS very interesting, and perhaps Mrs
Cain, who knows all the ins and outs Of Bos
ton. and the dust CO whose ancestors lies ia tn,
old Granary Burying-ground. will consent {,
favor the Loyal Home Workers with an occa
sionai historic sketch.
She viii lie sure of q warm welcome and a,
attentive audience in the ranks of the l. II. w