Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1915-12-31
Tne or AND NEW YEAR


mark the closing of another year
the annals Of life's history. On
more mile in lies journey will hay
been reached and the march begu
onward to another. The history {
the year 1915 will have been write
never again to be eff c d. Tn
deeds Of men, good and bad, wi
have been recorded, the last scroI
made and the last chapter Of tn
present year ended.
The past year has been one 0
many and varied achievements, re
suits and trials. III Europe blood.
war has been raging and thousand
If able bodied men sacrificed on tn
battle fell, whether IN a just caus'
or not for the love Of their oourtrl
aud in obedience 10 its mandates
There has been little going on in the
country across the water save fight
ing to tiil its history for 1915. IL
this country when one pauses to
thirk, we find that we are living and
striving in an age~of pro- ressivism
never before known to mankind,
Progress has been made in all
branches Of science, in the sch 1ol OF
arts, in the commercial and business
world, in invention and othei fields
too numerous 20 mention and never
before written in history. And, too
il what statistics show is true the
morals OF our country have becoin'
u ore elevated and better. The pas
year witnessed the passing to III
great beyond OF many men who hav
been foremost in the rauks OF on
greatest lawyers, physicians, bushes
men and men following other yo q
tioRs Of life who have gained renow
and prominence IN their fields OF i
Dor and who have made this counel
great.
When We stop to think and ca
retrospect over the past year al
note IFS history we cannot but r
ioice that our counuy has bee mo
ing steadily onward and forward
the Dattle Of human advancemer
bencs, with the history Of 1915, y
fore as we must now turn our
and thoughts to the future.
Looking backward over the p'
history Of onr country and OF ,
own lives, se have food for carei
thought and reflection and Tor futa
guidance. If our past life has be-
one of laziness and sbiitlessness th'
~s should grid on the armor OF enc
gy and industry and sex to make
for the many hours that we have le
and seek to make our lives what tn
ware intended and should be. Ii
the other hand it has been one of i
defatigable energy aud toll we shou
continue on. the same path with gres
or ardor ami energy and seek TO NAL
the incoming year one OF great
success. The way is clear and ops
for such and great achievements
our own lives and for greater al
better things for our nation, state al
county. The success and progre
of our nation, state and county q
our own, so let your resolution +
the future year be that it shall be OF
with history for progress and a
colnplish,nen,s never before wltnes
cd in this or any age.
Withal, however, this life Is b
one mighty struggle towards Il
goal of the great hereafter. v
must some day render full accou
Of all our years upon this earth al
then Judgment will be render
which will not be one of natuI
impulses of ordinary humanil
through which many errors are ma
but will be rendered by an omniscie
Judge whose Judgment cannot
questioned and from VIII oh there v
be no appeal, no will excuses wi
out any Of the events recorded in Q
iife's history. Bearing this in Lit
therefore, we should stIi i've to live
least in ths future il we have not
the past life Of honesty, truth a
virtue so that wheE the last day
Judgment arrives we will be able
face the final arbiter Of the destin
OF man with clean sheet. We shol
be ever mindful that the omniseie
msrciful and just God is cognizI
Of even our most Inmost though
motives and actions and, hence,
passing final sentence He will tenn
his Justice with mercy. The aver
ing sword pursues the path Oh just
but that spot where falls the shade
of the cross j. cannot pass.
Let us pray that ere another "
roth around that every matt n up
the face OF the globe will be at pea
and rending its enemy towards
greater good Of mankind for The 10
II him whose birth we have Just ce
DRAFTED, whose life was offered up
our sins and saved us from eteel
damnation. Let Us, therefore, wi
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