Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-01-01


 4 4 from man to man thousands of times throughout the world at this particular period. There is no man but speake it, however careless lv. that does not mean some part of It.
 It matters not how long we have lived in the world, we cannot get away from the feeling of solemnity that comes to all of us with the chang ing of the year.
 The year is dead!
 What has died with the old year!
 The passing bells have tolled out on the mid night air. marking the space that divides 1903 from 191O Grim and sere, the old year passes to its grave; fresh, vigorous and young, the new year bounds before us.
 Happy New Year. we wish our friends
 "Happv New Year. is the wish that is re- echoed to us.
 We are sincere in our wishes; they are sin cere in theirs
 But, after all, the question of whether the new year is to be happy one lies within the com pass of our own spirits.
 God knows and we know that there is not one of us throughout the length and breadth of the Christian world that has not failed lamentably in the old year that we have tucked so snugly in its grave No matter what we were the year be- fore, there is not one of us that has not fallen short of his desires and his ambitions
 Did we not begin the year 1909 with high hope, glorious ideals firm resolves!
 How often during that year have we not fall en by the wayside!
 And now, on New Years Day-a new start into the future-we begin again with higher re- solves, higher ideals, higher ambitions.
 Again and yet again we shall fail-that is the inevitable lot of man. But the mere fact that at this period of the year we make resolves and mean to keep them shows that in our souls stirs the wonderful impulse for good which is carry ing this gray old world ever and ever nearer to the stars.
 Let not our failures in the year that has died daunt us. Let not the fact that we have tried hard and have stumbled alright us. Let us not weaken because of the past year and its lack of success, be at all cowardly in the fight that has yet to be fought
 It is new year and life is all before us. Be- tween today and the ultimate goal whose near ness no man may know, there lies the largest op- portunity. It is for us, with full recognition of past failures, of lost opportunities, of dead hopes, and grim despairs, to go on, boldly, bravely, and cleanly to the end.
 There is not one of us but must say that we have left undone that which we ought to have done," but we need not go further and say with the prayer book, ''there is no health in us. '' There is health in us. It lies within ourselves to make the new year what we will It is ours to use. And when we wish our friends happy new year and hear the same greeting echoed to us let us think that it means that the new year can bring us no happiness that we do not bring to ourselves; that life is ours to be lived as we will; that remembering our sins and omissions of the past, it would be we'll for us today to re solve to move forward with generous impulses to think kindly of our fellow-men to do the best work that in us lies (not worrying too much about the reward), to help where we may, tc smile aften to be hopeful always, to trust i'm plicity in God and His purposes this it is tc know happy New Year.