The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-28

we tourneyed side by side.
None other so intimate as thou!
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
patience. The hurts of wounded affec.
ton We're healed; time alone endured.
Thou wouldst usher in a new day, full
Of sunshine and the song of birds. Its
blessed healing power didst revive my
dropping spirit and soothe all wounds.
Thou didst bring me friends from
afar. The meeting them in the flesh
once again, the looking into loving
eyes and holding hands warm with the
grasp Of friendship, proved a benedic
ton after long years OF wearyine
separation.
The turning point in life came tc
more than n young person about me
Crucial questions were decided which
will make for veal or woe. Thor
didst accompany me each day while
l helped to guide young lives into max
ing safe departure from the beaten
path. Farewells have been said which
tore the hearstrings and made then
bleed afresh with the ever new pangs
of parting.
And then a time came when a grea,
wrench must be made. The old WAYS
were to be mine no more. l must turr
my back Upon the past and set M
face resolutely towards tie future. Nc
matter how hard the road, O how
many heartaches and longings for the
old path were involved in the treadfne
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 a heart Of courage
within and God in his heaven over.
head.
AL 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
heart.throbs. we have trod the wav
together. Thou. and not another. hast
been my companion over both the
rough and pleasant ways.
l feel so much at home with thee
Old Year! Thy, face. SO familiar. Is
the face of an old friend. But this
stranger which comes on apace. hurry.
ing ) take thy place and to usurp thy
privileges. l know naught Of him. /
know not what strange new ways he
may usher in. He fills me with dis.
trust and forboding.
he comes bringing vast possibilities
for great things. Who knows whether
he will realize his responsibility and
seize the moment Of achievement as
soon as it is presented? II he proves
to be a worthy heir of thine. he NAV
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 ce.
ment. which shall be adapted to rich
and poor alike. Wireless t~elegraphy
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 waged
war against disease with such success
that health may be reisning Ger the
earth. Warfare between nations NAV
have been made 20 destructive that
universal peace viii cover the land as
a mantle Of green covers the earth.
But. Old Year, should he introduce all
these Innovations, he might also bring
in his train sorTows and burdens, new
trials and tolls. I shrink from letting
him 10
slall trust thy son to be worthy of