The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-30
The Firat pav of the year.

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The First Day of the Year.
-'All you that do the bel-man here.
The first day of the hopeful yeare,
do in love admoniSh you
To bid your old sins all adieu,
And wake as Gods just law requires,
In holy deeds and good desires;
Which if you doe you'll doe your beste;
God will in Christie forgive the reste''
Custom closely followed often becomes
conviction. Those who have attached
importance to the habit of watching the
passing of the old year and the coming
of the new have unconsciouSly thrown
around the occasion glamor of impor-
lance and significance which is very
beautiful. And, if but a poetical fancy,
it is one well worth fostering.
New Year is a day that brings varied
emotions, according to age and condi-
tons; to the youth it conveys little
meaning aside from the holiday feature:
to those in the prime of life the star of
hope still leads and they meet the new
guest at the door, welcome the new step
on the threshold of the year as one
bringing glad tidingS of rene wed prom
ises that the fruition of their hopes is
near at hand, or that the near future
holds greater successes and triumphs
for them to win. To those looking back
ward over the long Journey passed the
dertone that only their ears may hear.
But still all gladly welcome the day that
is associated with the idea of youth and
joyousness and renewal of things most
to be desired.
If the New Year appeals to some as
self appointed time for each individual
to take close and private inventory of
himself and his past records since the
last milestone was passed on 1ife's jour
eny, it may be that the spirit of re-
pentanee which may move him in con-
tenplatfng some past actions or
thoughts is prompted more by the
weight Of undigested meals eaten yes
terday" than by true appraisement of
his shortcomings. sasrs ee.tt
When drawing up a. set of rules and
revised regulations of conduct for the
coming year, resolve first and above all
other things to make good health a
positive, palpable religion-good health,
not restricted or limited IN any meaning
or the term, but mentally, morally,
spiritually and physically developed to
the highest level of greatest excellence.
Good health is one of the greatest fac
tors in developing man to the highest
plane in every direction, and the man
who increases the quality of this factor
and enjoys the supreme standard of abb
solute health is lifted high above ordi-
nary conditions of life and rules by an
unrecognized power the half-hearted,
restless and negative anaemic, content
with lower stage of health.
Good health brings cheerfulness and
Joy IN DGlnS. 10eSe TWO are the great
handspring which moves nature in her
grand and endless course with perfect
harmony.
1t is easy for those who are always
vigorously we'll to be cheerful, but it
is not easy for those who have poor
health to assume a brave attitude
toward life"
All classes of people have a right to
enjoy perfect health, no matter where
placed in the great body POLITICAL
l.
as this world affords, and only through
high standard of health may we con-
tinue the most prosperous of nations,
and therefore the happiest. Only
through continually improving the gen.
eral health of our people will we Gre
ate and maintain kindlier feelings and
greater harmony with one another and
nature.
If we do not know. then let our first
New Year resolve be to possess our
selves with the knowledge of what our
prime duties are toward ourselves and
others in securing and maintaining
that positive degree of health that
raises and dignifies while it develops
the best within US. Undeniably a sound
life for the nation as well as the in
dividual depends on the nature of the
diet employed in laying a foundation
for a wholesome life, and we must not,
dare not overlook this fact or the duty
of raising the standard of foods, or the
importance of impressing upon the M
dividual the fact that food must and
does cooperate in a great degree in
the mental, moral and physical life of
individuals and nations. Raise the
standard of food TO the proper level,
teach individuals to earnestly consider
its uses, not simply as pleasures to the
palate-although it is essential that
food is agreeable to the taste-but for
the purpose of making a strong, Wig
orous, superior race of people, promot-
ing and advancing all to a higher plane
of life and greater happiness.
THE YOUNG PEOPLES NEW YEAR
With all their life untried before
them, the passing of the milestones
brings only pleasant anticipations to
the young. They celebrate the turning
of new pages in the book of years with
delight and joy and listen with merry
hearts and laughter to the ringing of
the bells to welcome the glad New
Year. Joy bells to them, with no low
sorrow and the sadness which echoes
in the ears of their elders. For them
No last years sorrows,
Cast off last night, will come again
tomorrow"
And it is we'll for them there comes
no memory pictures of sorrow, disap-
pointment and failure-well for them
that as they merrily and hopefully
step across the threshold no ghosts
walk at their side that will not down.
Confident that life is full of melo-
Uous and happy days; and with no new
resolutions to make, no old ones to re-
new or revise-with light, unwary feet
they dance to the music of the fairy
bells across the snow that herald the
shour IN glad acclaim, with no tinge of