Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-12-29


f. a we journeyed side by side
None other so intimate as tnou!
No other friend, save thou, has wit
messed my defeats, no other so cheertly
shared my triumphs.
When friends proved unkind thou
dtdst walk by my side and counsel
-atence. The hurts OF wounded atfec'
ION We're healed; time alone endured.
80 ou wouldst usher In new day. full
sunshine and the song of birds. Its
blessed healing power didst revive my
'rooptng spirit and soothe all wounds
Thou didst bring me friends from
liar. The meeting them In the flesh
once again, the looking into loving
yes and holding hands warm with the
Ne grasp of friendship, proved benedic
ton after long years of wearying
separation.
The turning point in life came to
more than one young person about me.
Cruclal questions were decided which
Will make for veal orwoe. Thou
dfdst accompany me each day while
y
ing safe departure from the beaten
path. Farewells have been said which
tore the hearstrings and made them
'eed afresh with the ever new pangs
parting.
And then time came when a great
rench must be made. The old WAYS
@Eere to be mine no more must turn
my back upon the past and set nv
face resolutely towards the future. No
matter how hard the road, nor how
many heartaches and longings for the
old path were involved in the treadine
Of the new, there was to be no looking
back. With gaze bent forward the
= present must be lived; but there need
be no fear, with heart of courage
within and God in his heaven over.
head
All these memories are linked with
thee Old Year! How can let thee
go? No matter how sad the retro.
spect, no matter how many signs and
heartthrobs, we have trod the wav
together. Thou, and not another hast
been my companion over both +ba
rough and pleasant ways
81 | feel SO much. at home with thee
Old Year! Thy face, so familiar ia
the face of an old friend. But this
stranger which comes on apace. hurry.
ing to take thy place and to usurp thv
privileges, know naught of him 7
know not what strange new WAYS he
may usher in. He fills me with dis
trust and forboding
E He comes bringing vast possibilities
sor great things. Who knows whether
he will realize his responsibility and
seize the moment of achievement "a
soon as 1t is presented? If he proves
to be worthy heir of thine, he may
add materially to the worlds acouisi-
ton of science. Ere his life be ended,
Tennyson's dream may be realized
navies graphing in the central blue"
Edison may be making houses of &C.
ment. which shall be adapted to rich
and poor alike Wireless telegranhv
and wireless telephoning may be as
easily done as the same is upon wires
today. Mr.. Stead may have bridged the
gulf between this land and the further
shore. with his spirit communications
Medical scientists may have waeed
!, war against disease with such success
at health may be reigning DER the
rth. Warfare between nations NAV
I'VE been made 80 destructive that
UNIVERSAL peace Will cover the land :
mantle Of green covers the earth
I, Old Year. should he Introduce all
&c innovations, he might also bring
train sorrows and burdens, new
and tolls. I shrink from letting
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