The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01
oh Angel Year. with new bo, !, rraoe

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 Write down upon thy leaf this fond request,
 peace so fair,
 The past shall be forgotten in Its pray
 And this changeableness, this wear ing and wasting effect of the passing ages, applies not only to us, but-as reason would suggest--it applies to teverything that we do. We. being 1 temporal all that comes from us. is necessary temporal. Like begets like, In unconscious obedience to an i'm polling, constraining law within. we seek to give expression, seek to trans late into visible form. our thoughts, our aspirations, our ambitions, And. so, we have works of genius, dis eoyery, invention. We create arts and science. We establish institutions of various kinds. We set up fashions and customs, We seek to stamp ourselves upon the face of the universe. But and how it should drive out pride and pave the way for humility--ali are wavering and inconstant. all ultimately ! decay, all are lost and pass into for 1 getfuiness and we along with them. Yes, and the world itself, the scene of our brief soiourn. is characterized by this same change and instability. Its years too, shall fail. The fashion of | tHiS WcTi0 pdSSeln away, Ot. raul warns us. Yes, this creation of heav- I en and earth shall finally wear out. l They shall wax old as doth a garment and as vesture shall they be changed And then shall there be new heaven and new earth, whose years shall not fail, for God Almighty shall infuse into them His Own eter- nal life Yes. He shall eiethe Himself in the new heavens and the new earth. And they shall not pass away. | But, men and brethren, while it is quite true we cannot remain the same and our years shall fail. yet 1t is equal | ly true that we have 1t in our own power, in very large measure, to make those years what we will. And they shall be- by Gods grace, what we make them. We stand today looking forth into the future, whose face is yelled, ! secret. impenetrable. But, that need l give us no concern, What we should trouble ourselves about is, to bring to bear. with all our strength of soul and l body and mind, upon the duties or the | future the spirit of earnestness and l faithfulness, sublime hope and manly 1 courage. And, although we may come short of full realization in everything, making many failures and mistakes. nevertheless, if we strive with sincere purpose and single hearts, we shall not be troubled by vain regrets, we shall not have laid at our door the | realize. also, that external condition and circumstances, solely-as we are 1 so apt to say---tlo not make the good or the bad that shall come to us Tn the future. Nay, let us solemnly take
 to heart the fact that they are, to a very great extent. the expression in time, of our own faithfulness or faith iessness, our own sins of commission or omission and all are dependent upon the use we make of the means of. grace provided for us by Christ in His Church, which Is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all. Let us not lack courage and conf- dence, however, my friends We are not left alone to grapple with the du- ties and trials to bear the sorrows anu changes of the future, the new year ot
 which we now enter upon Oh. no, for God of whom the psalmist sung, Thou art the same and Thy years shall not
 fail. did, Himself, in the passing of the
 years, when the fulness of time had | arrived, become Incarnate. thus giving l to us a human revelation of the Di- ! vine Nature and taking into eternal l union with Himself our nature. This | means He imparted to us something of His own deathlessness. He is, through Christ, in us which means that life and immortality are ours in Christ
 Who overcomes death and brought life and immortality to light; Christ, Who l was dead and is alive for evermore; 1 Christ, Who assures us Because live. ye shall live also;" Christ, Who | is the same, yesterday, today, and for l ever. He is unehangeable and un- changing Over Him the passing years
 have no power And if we are really | and truly in Him, they shall have no l power over us. True, our years shall
 fail. that is come to an end, but we ourselves shall not fail. Our person. I rxra ch nal tiuue to live on. And so, we can face | the future,--whatever it may hold for us--whether of veal or woe-with high hopes and undaunted courage, | with unquenchable faith and invincibic | steadfastness: with kindly thoughts for
 the welfare and happiness of others. as | we'll as for ourselves. praying that our loving Heavenly Fathers blessing may rest upon their households as upon ours, bringing sweetness and joy, grace
 and comfort to them as to us.
 "oh, New Year, young and beautiful
 what l8 SyS have you/fo us mortals now
 vainIy we strive to pierce the silvery | veil.
 So dreaming let our high ambitions l soar.
 And thus it Is, alas, we dream too long;
 Be up and doing Is the watchword | true.
 Retrieve the past. press on and gain | the goal,
 Another year has dawned for me and | you.
 To make the year happy one and ] blest
 Reach out and help the weak ones on l the way,
 Thus shall we rise. a nobler life To
 "others." the motto for this Kew
 Years Day"
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