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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
OUR RESOLUTIONS.

Our resolutions for the new year
should be definite and specific. Do
not say simply that you will be more
liberal, but say Just how liberal you
will be. Do not say that you will be
more faithful, but say just what du-
ties, neglected in the past, you will
engage to perform in the future. Do
not promise that you will give more
of your time to the service of the
Master, but decide upon the proper
ton of your time which you will
give. A promise may be almost or
altogether worthless because of in
defniteness. Let US deal honestly
and reverently with Him whom we
serve. Vow and pay.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

How time flies! Here we are
again with our CHEEKY greeting I,
Happy New Year! And we must
be good to the New Year. We must
teach it to abominate every sort of
cruelty, and to love its fellowmen.
We must make it grow in grace, wis
dom and good works. We must
stand by it if it falls into trouble,
and We must keep pace with it when
it grows well. No tagging behind
these times, dear young people. Be
brave, progressive, and thus may the
New Year to you be fruitful and
happy all the year.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
Tho Value of Charcoal.

Charcoal has great value as an
antiseptic. Smoked ham will keep
for years packed in charcoal. A few
Jumps of it in a cistern will keep
The water pure and sweet. A guam
tity of it in a cellar Will absorb the
odors, and a small lump boiled with
cabbage or onions will do the same.
Butter put into small vessels com
pletely surrounded with charcoal
Will keep sweet a long time. A
paste of powdered charcoal and
honey makes a good dentifrice. 1t
not only cleans the teeth, but dis
infects them and sweetens the
breath. Taken inwardly it is good
for the digestion and relieves con-
stipation.-National Magazine.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

If you would increase your happi-
ness and prolong your life, forget
your neighbours faults. Forget all
the SANDER you have ever heard.
Forget the temptations. Forget the
heartaches. Forget the fault find
ing, and give little thought to the
cause which provokes it. Forget
the peculiarities of your friends, and
only remember the good points which
make you fond of them. Forget all
personal quarrels or histories you may
have heard by accident, and which,
if repeated, would seem thousand
times worse than they are. Blot out
as far as possible all the disagreeables
of life; they will come, but will only
grow larger when you remember
them and the constant thought of
the acts of meanness, or, worse..still,
malice will only tend to make you
more familiar with them. Obliter-
ate everything disaSreeable from yes
terday, start out with clean sheet
today, and write upon it for sweet
memory's sake only those things
which are lovely and loveable.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Delight and pathos are inextricably
mingled with the thought of New
Years day. It's only conventional
point of time; any other would do as
well. Every day closes an old year
and begins new one, but for all that
we cannot help feeling that this day,
which is agreed upon throughout
Christendom for the beginning of
new year, is somehow unique. The
pathOs comes from the review of the
past, and from the sense that another
notch has been cut for US on the
stick of time. The delight arises
from the anticipation of the new and
better experiences of the year to
come. What interest any rational
person could have in having his for
tune told is a mystery. The zest
and charm of life consist largely in
the fact that each day is like new
page in the story. If you wish to
enjoy your book you you do not,
when it is half read, turn to the
closing chapter to discover how it
turns out. You do not thank any
one for telling you the plot. 1t is
so with life. There is infinite salts
faction in each days contribution to
the record. You do not want to an
ticipate it. 1t would be a curse if
anyone could tell you just what the
year would bring. 1t is just as rea-
sonable to suppose that the year will
be happy as sad. Who can tell?
Who can control thata Are we not
in the hands of God2 That is the
reason for happy New Years day.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

1t is almost worth becoming the
under dog to get his sympathy.
A man is usually as far from being
a devil as a woman is from being an
angel.
A hammock in the winter time,
or a sled in the summer time, can
make tombstone appear gay and
cheerful by comparison.
When the coal supply is low one
member of the family stays in bed
longer in the morning to keep warm
and refuses to worry about it. That
member is an optimist.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
UnealIed For Remarks.

a city man wrote to the editor of
a horticultural paper asking what
plants would be suitable additions
to dried grasses for winter orna-
ments.
The editor replied:
"Acroclinium, A. album, Com
phrena gIoboso and Grosetm glo-
bosa carnea."
When the man read this he fairly
boiled over with rage and immedi-
ately sent a note ordering h:< paper
to be discontinued. He said that an
editor who swore in that way Just
because he was asked a simple ques-
ton should have no support from
him.-London Standard.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

= The best of all gifts at the present
time is yourself. Make yourself in
some way more pleasant and;helpful
to Others. You may have been neg.
leetful of them; be mindful hence
forth. You may be quick in temper
and have spoken hastily; put on re-
straint and speak kindly now. Re-
strain all evil habits and make''your-
self JOY and a help to Others. They
viii bless you.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
BETTER SIDE OF HUMAN NATURE.

1t is pleasant in these times to
hear of occurrences that show the
better side of human nature. 1t is
not worth while to hate any one.
Life is too short to cherish i'll will or
hard thoughts. What if that man
has cheated you? or that woman
played you false? or some fried for
saken you. Let it all pass. What
difference will it make to you
in few years, when you go hence to
that undiscovered country. All who
treat you wrong will be more sorry
for it than you in your deepest grief.
A few more smiles, few more tears.
some Pleasures, much pain, little
longer hurrying and worrying in the
world, some hasty greetings and
abrupt fare wells and life will be
over, and injurer and injured will be
laid away and forgotten. 1t is not
worth while to hate each other. This
is our advice, and like salvation it's
free. Try it during 1910.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
A FAMOUS HYMN.
How Ira D. sanksy First Sang ~Tho
Ninety and Nine"

How Ira D. sankey First Sang ~Tho
Ninety and Nine"
The religious faiths of the world
have produced many remarkable
and beautiful lyrics, such as New
mans LEAD, Kindly Light" the
Nearer. Ny God, to Thee" of Sarah
Flower Adams and Cowper's "God
Moves In Mysterious Way" Many
Of these were written under pecul-
iarly dramatic circumstances, as
was particularly the case with those
by Cowper and John Henry New
man.
But, wide as have been their use
and their application among Chris
tians Of all creeds and sects, there
is one hymn that overshadows all
others, whether we consider its
widespread popularity or its won
derful evangelistic power. This
hymn is "The Ninety and Nine" by
the late Ira D. Sankey, long the
musical associate of Dwight L.
Moody. These two men together
we're the greatest soul winners ever
known, and the success of their
united work was undoubtedly large
ly traceable to Mr.. Sankey's songs
in general and to f"The Ninety and
Nine" in particular. Its unique
origin has often been described, but
will bear repetition:
"When leaving Glasgow for Edin-
burgh with Mr.. Moody, Mr.. Sankey
bought a penny religious paper.
CHANGING over it as they rode on the
cars, his eye fell upon few verses
in the corner of the page. One day
they had an unusually impressive
meeting in Edinburgh, in which DR..
Bonar had spoken on The Good
Shepherd At the close of the ad-
dress Mr.. Moody beckoned to his
partner to sing something appropri-
ate.
cat first he could think of moth
ing but the Twenty-third Psalm, but
that he had sung so often. His Sec
ond thought was to sing the verses
he had found in the paper, but how
could it be done when he had no
tune for them? Then a thought
came-to sing the verses he had
found in the paper anyway. He
put the verses before him, touched
the keys of the organ and sang, not
knowing where he was going to
come out. He finished the first
verse amid profound silence. He
took a long breath and wondered if
he could sing the second the same
way. He tried it and succeeded.
After that it was easy to sing it.
When he finished the hymn the
meeting was all broken down
throngs were crying and ministers
were sobbing all around him"
Hundreds were converted then
and there, while in subsequent years
other thousands of souls were gath
cred in through the singing of 'The
Ninety and Nine"
Clearly the song was the result of
a sudden inspiration so far as its
musical setting was concerned, and
it may be doubted if there was ever
a similar case Of spontaneous and |
subsequently successful compost !
ton.
"The Ninety and Nine" literally
sang its way around the world. The
simple paraphrase of the Scripture
parable appeals to "all sorts and |
conditions Of men," and the worlds
hymnology is the richer for that
Sunday afternoon inspiration in the
Scottish capital which came to Ira
D. Sankey.-9Iilwaukee Sentinel.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

A scholar without good breeding is
a pedant, the philosopher a cynic,
the soldier a brute and every man
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

1t is because nearly all of US live
on hope, because we are mentally
sustained by expectations, that New
Years is always welcome. 1t is the
only day of the twelye-month-
Christmas is chiefly for children
that appeals most to men and women.
Much of its attractiveness depends,
for the multitude, on its nominal
newness. We are all familiar and
weary with the old. We are ever
signing for the new, which seems as
if it would bring a change of mind
and condition. New Years is not a
whit newer for its name, as every
one who thinks for a moment is
aware, but names are potent, more
potent often than things.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

How often have you written it
1902"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

NJ Register Is only s. per year.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-12-30
-~'''N|NT

drops Happy New Year" resounded on all
sides. In the course of the afternoon the in
defatigable had seen all their friends, had
sampled the choicest types Of Christmas bak-
ing, had toasted again and again the New Year
in punch of varying strength and pungency or
substituted coffee in homes where temperance
principles were popular. They had said pref
ty things to popular danes in the stimulating
atmosphere of holly and green wreaths and
had matched wits with fascinating damses in
the dangerous vicinity of mistletoe that still
boosted some berries. 1t all very gay,
very informal and very honey At no other
time or on no other occasion did the holiday
hilarty reach so high pitch.
I'D like to do it all over again." is the tes-
timony of one stately lady, whose home twenty
years ago the scene of yearly New Years
receptions. mo other social function my
calendar was such fun for the guests and so
little trouble for the hostess. The decorating
had been done a week before and few fresh
flowers were all that were needed. Given
bright lights dozen pretty girls to help en-
terrain, the simplest cakes and plenty of mild
ly exhilarating punch made from a recipe that
my Kentucky grandfather declared harmless
and success was assured When six O'Clock
came you had all the nice men of your
acquaintance undisturbed by the usual influx
of other women and had sent them away at
peace with the world in general and full OF
the spirit of neighborliness."
Meanwhile, upstairs in the library window
seats curled the family small fry, watching the
procession as IL passed, commenting with 1u-
Yenile frankness on the toilets of the callers
counting the visitors they came, listening
to the hum of voices downstairs, the girls hug
ging close to the sash, the boys making daring
detours to peek through the balustrade, re-
turning to report what young ladies were sit
ting on the steps with what young men, and
even, In some cases, what they were saying
Longer tiptoeing prowls, down the back stairs
to the lair of friendly cook. led to quick and
jubiant returns with offerings of cake and
claret cup, wherewith the ht lrs might be be-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-12-30

ton. This was essentially the festival of their
elders. orders to keep from under foot were
rlgldly enforced, and did you wish to see the
run no place remained but the second-story
landing, which gave somewhat incons picuously
upon the hall below with strained view Of
the big parlors, and none of the dining room
beyond. That 1t was there and in full work
Ing order was evidenced by a keen sense of
smell.
1t was always great fun to wander up and
down the principal residence streets as noon
drew near, to find out who were to be at
home and who were not A basket tied to the
door knob with gay red ribbons said for all
the world to hear: I'VE are not receiving to-
day" If you were boy and daring later in
the afternoon you stole up the step to peep
in and discover, by the number of cards with
In, the respective popularity of village maids
and matrons Wherever the door lacked the
basket, you knew that behind the drawn
shades there the soft glow OF candles or
the yellow glare OF gas, poor substitute for
sunlight on snow, but presumably kinder to
compilations and gowns just a trihe passe.
And you knew that in each house subject
only to trifing variations of background, there
would be enacted the same scenes
Into the front door that opened at the first
touch of the bell passed fuctuating stream
of men in holiday attire. There we're elderly
beaux aplenty in broadcloth that was brushed
to the point OF perfection, smart young dan
dies, sporting the newest fashion in ties;
awkward beginners not quite used to the
length of their frock coats-we called them
Prince Alberts in the days when New Years
calls were in vogue-and a sprinklirG of sub
stantial-looking business men paying homage
to the established custom of society. Every
body who anybody in "our town" paid his
devoirs to the incoming year by making the
rounds of his friends homes
Once inside, there the neat maid or
solemn butler to receive the callers card and
help him with overcoat, hat and cane, and then
a dash for his hostess and her daughters and
friends under the chandeliers with the prism
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irregular,
Come. let us anew journey pursue.
Roll round with the year.
And never stand still till the Master
appear.
1t was easy after this to go home filled with
loftiest aspirations, ready to begin the new
diary with ambitious resolves that were bound
to o'erleap themselves because of their very
loftiness. There was one watch night when
there drfted into the ken of the child the
poam that has since meant to her as it does
to many, the very spirit of this day. From the
choir gallery just before the midnight hour
came the softened chorus of a strange melody.
Then into the silence of the yaulted church rose
wonderful message in a voice that bore con.
vlction to the listeners. 1t sang to the organ
and the hushed accompaniment of the choir:
Ring out wild bells. to the wild skies
The flying cloud the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out wild bells and let him die
Through the whole of the splendid poem it
swept on to the triumphant conclusion.
Ring in the Christ that is to be-"
To the child the most dramatic moment OF
the evening came Just on the stroke Of the in
coming year While outside whistles blew and
giant crackers exploded. bells clasbed and
changed inside hands casped hands while To-
gether they sang the good old standby. sB1est
be the tie that binds" before the hush of the
benediction and the glad chorus of "Happy New
Years that concluded the service
There is another sort of quiet usheripe in
or the baby year that is conducive to the good
resolve that counts so easily under favorable
CONDITIONS. There were those in the old DAYS
as there are in these, who felt that after the
gala afternoon the happiest way of all was IN
sit quietly about the fire, chatting with hair .
dozen congenial spirits, singing a bit If the
spirit moved, remnscing as old times came
back In the hush. and ending with the silent
toast and the dash of sentiment that makes
Aud Lang Syne" the fitting song for sucb q
moment.
mat some such happy hour may begin little
lSlls first appearance is the best wish one
can offer TO friends
Let the suspicious morning be expressed
With white stone distinguished from the
So the stately Dryden has put the sam.
thought May 1t be true of US all
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-12-30
OREATE ZlV 10 Ny4>XDEP B
U,O A,YD DONIY the
RR,NIH04L RESIDENCE UREETJ

guiled until six, when twinkling street
lights warned the callers to retreat
Not Il serious way to start the New
Year, No. but a friendly one, that left
hostesses and callers with a glow of human
friendliness to last warmth for many a
day. And if seriousness were lacking, the
same decade that enjoyed New Years call
ing found itself also at one with the GUS
tom of watch-night service. For, in our
town." in yours mayhap it was the
thing to spend the closing hours of the old
year in the quiet seriousness of prayer and
sacred song. Children had their share in
this for fathers and mothers had not in
that simpler time learned to fear the giving
of definite religious instruction to their sons
and daughters. 1t was clear and plain that
child must be trained in the way he should
go, and watch night part of that train
ing
And, indeed, youngster ever tried to
beg off There was first of all the joy of doing
the unusual and the fun of sitting up past his
bedtime. So you HE'D yourself to the nursery
couch or the sittngroom lounge, after a hot
supper, old-fashioned winter supper of
sage and fried potatoes scaloped oysters
and mullins, and took a long, long nap. At
half-past ten, father walked you, tucked you
into cap and overcoat, and the family party
started out under the cold stars, snow crunch
ing under foot, to the nearby church.
Not very long ago the writer came
across old chrome, of the sort that looks,
in dim and favorable light, like fairly de-
cent oil painting. In its day it had doubtless
been the chief ornament of a well-furnished.
comfortable paror. Now it cluttered the win
dow of a secondhand shop, dingy and out of
sorts with fate But even in the unfattering
light of a dusty show window it had a certain
charm for the one who found It, 1t was the
picture of a watch-night service, such she
had once known well. Bright moonlight
flooded the scene. bringing out In sharpened
detail the snow-laden boughs Of dropping elms
and the Gothic spire of small stone church.
From stainedglass windows and opened door
came streaming the warm glow of shaded gas
jets. From village streets focked men and
women and children stopping to say a word OF
greeting they passed into the vestbue. The
spell of the picture took her, with the speed
of the magic carpet of the seven-leagued
boots, back to the New Years ewes of her girl
hood.
So she had walked with father and mother
and a sleepy small brother. Just so the treeg
had looked in the frosty moonlight. And Just
as warm and softly glowing had been the
stone church, through whose open doors came
the resonant strains of the great organ She
remembered with aching vividness the faces
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-12-30

OF those who had filled the
peWs' especially that of one
man. the governor of the state.
whose aquiline profile, flashing
eyes and straight. glossy black
hair formed never-to-be-forgot-
ten personality.
Watch-night hymns have a
personality Of their own as
those of Christmas or Easter. II
not so widely known. They are
naturally serious and bit fore
boding, with a touch of the mel.
ancholy that is associated with
the rapid fight of time.
The year is gone. beyond recall
With all it's hopes and fears,
With all its bright and gladdening
smiles,
With all it's mourners' tears,
is an old Latin hymn to a COM
mon meter tune that illustrates
the tendency of this branch of
hymnology. Charles Wesley has
been most prolific in voicing
this thought.
Wisdom ascribe, and might. and
praise.
To God who lenthens out our days:
VINO spares US yet another year.
And makes us see his goodness
here,
is an old favorite. Often just
on the stroke Of midnight anoth-
er of his voiced the feelings Of
the congregation. that begin
ming:
Join, all We ransomed sons Of grace
The holy JOY prolong,
And shout to the Redeemer's
praise.
solemn midnight song.
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before the little diary
had its new gilt dimmed
or the soft penciling of
the latter had blurred
Itself into unreproachful
illegibility. But the eff
fort wasn't altogether
wasted, and there were
fewer fits of temper and
cleaner neck and ears
than would otherwise
have been.
We grown-ups miss,
as we get older, some of
the past and gone aids
to New Years resolves.
The day was once upon
a time more marked by
pleasant social customs.
Only in officialdom is
New Years now a state.
ly day of ceremonial.
But it is not hard to re-
call that a decade or
two ago there still sur.
vived some of the dig
nifty and good cheer that
had attached itself to
the day. Before the
Christmas fruit cake
had all been devoured.
or the stone Jars of
small cakes suffered too
severely from the in
roads Of rapacious chill
dren, preparations for
New Years day were
well under way.
Children were not in
cluded in this celebra-