The Dolores star., 1910-12-30
To the Old
Year


20 MANY days we've lsss1
through ~ aal wintsy
vsatAss. on Ysas. ! eas-
not 1T you col 0ueA
great times we've hal =
we 3ournsyed side b. sl1e
None other - iatimats - thosi
No other friend. save thou. hes W.T.
messed my defeats. no cher - eAssslly
shared my triumphs.
When friends proved unkind tAos
didst walk By my side md counsel
patience. The hurts Of wounded a6ee
tion ware healed: time alone sndufs1.
Thou wouldst usher ID . new day. full
Of sunshine and the song Of birds. IL
blessed healing power didst revive NJ
dropping spirit and soothe al wounds.
Thou didst bring me friends iron
afar. The meeting them IN Tie Assh
once again. the looking into loving
eyes and holding hands warm with the
grasp Of friendship. proved bsnsdie
ton after long ysafs Of WEARING
separation.
The turning point IN life came to
more than one young person about me-
Crucial questions were decided which
will make for veal or voc. Thou
didst accompany me each day Wills
helped to guide young lives into mai.
Ing safe departure from the beaten
path. Farewelis have been said which
tore the hearstrinss and made them
bleed afrssh with the ever new panss
Of parting.
And then time cAns when Q great
wrench must be made. The old ways
were 70 be mine no more. I must turn
ny back upon the past and set my
face rssolutsly towards the future. No
matter how hard the road. NOR how
many heartachss and loagings for tAs
old path we're involved In the trsadins
Of ths new. there Wa TO BE- no LOOKING
back With case bent forward, ths
present must b lived: but there nssd
b. no fear. with . heart oe COURAGE
within and God In bic heaven owe.
hsad.
AL these memories are linked with
thee. Old Year! How car I let thee
60? No matter how sod the retro.
spect. NO matter how many sighs and
hsartthrobs. ~ have trod the way
together. Thou. and mot another, hast
been ny companion over both The
rough and pleasant ways.
I feel 90 much 1t homo with thee.
Old Year! Thy face. 20 familiar. n
the facs Of an old friend. But this
stranger which comes on apacs. hurry.
Ing to take thy place and to usurp nv
privileges. know naught a him. I
know mot what strange new ways he
may usher n. He Ais NJ VIII a.
trust and foroodins.
He conss bsinsins vast possibiIstsss
Tor great thinGB. Who Knows whstAss
- win realise NJ responsibility ga
ssiss the moment q aehievsmsat a
soon - Il = prsssntsdf n - proves
70 - worthy heir q thine. hs may
~ materially 10 the worlds acquisl.
tion of scisacs. Ere bic life b ended.
Tsnnyson's dream may b. realised
saviss graphing In the central blue
Edison may b mailing houses Of CO.
msnt. which shall b. adapted 10 r,ch
and poor alike. Wireless telsgrsphy
and wireless tslephouing may b. a.
easily done - the same b upon wires
today. Mr.. Stead may have bridssd the
gulf between this land and the further
shors. with his spirit communicatious
Medical scientists may have wassd
var against disease with such success
that health may b rsigning DER the
earth. warfare between nations NAV
have bssn made 20 destructive that
universal pssos will cover the land a.
Q mantle Of green covers the earth.
Hut. Old Year. should b introduce ali
these innovations. hs might also bring
IN his train sorrows and burdens, nsv
tr,a,s md tolls. shrink from LETTING
Mn
i trust thy son to b. worthy Of
his sire, Old Tear. to b. like thee kind
and sympathstic. no matter what fats
may bring 10 me. Casting fears to the
wind. ] look toward the future with
smiling coincidence. asking only that
ouV0Vso my " 0svSo w VooS Woes
ever a m or good fortune the New
Tear may bring.
Nevertheless. I Am loath TO part
with thss. the friend of 20 many dsas
days that are gone Into the irrsvocabls
past
0oodby. old year. thou dost not
90 out Of my life. Though ! shall see
thy face no more. the recollection Of
thy dear frisndshp will BE- sacred
among ny hearts innsrmost treasurer
sOiA yeas. you shall not die;
We aid - laugh and CRY with yov
I've half Q mind 70 de with you
oeA year. 70 you must d1s."
Msds Nest Gum Tor Church.
Not every minister has IN antipathy
towards the threepenny bit, says I
London exchange. A Scottish CORE
spon1ent mentious that an Edlnbursh