Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-03-15

popular work, 'hyp ass says he found tablet in the church yard of St. Gilgen, in the Tyrol, bear ing this singular inscription;
 Look not mournfully into the pask It comes not back again. Wisely irA prove the present. It is thine. Gt forth to meet the shadowy future with out fear, and with manly heart.
 Here we have motto and message for the three divisions of time whicl mark the New Year
 The Past.-It is natural to look "mournfully into the past" The look backward recalls so many mistakes and failures that the result is always depressing. What we have accom- plished seems small in proportion to what was desired and attempted. This perspective of time enables us to judge more accurately our life than we could at the time It is not a bad idea at the New Year to take acceu4l of stock" review the past, and seek to learn it's lessons.
 Yet there may be too much intro spection and retrosFection. We should not neglect the past of fail to learn from it, and there is profound phi losophy in the apostles injunction to forget the things that are behind. /" Whether they are evil or good, the advice is wise. If the review of an evil past leads us to Encouragement and depression, the thought of good past may lead to self-satisfaction and content, and thus prove an obstacle to further progress. We can make no real advancement if we drag at each remorse lengthening chain," even if that chain be of roses, and the remem- brance of happy days and good deeds Cultivate, therefore, good forget tery." Do not let the failures and mis takes of the days gone by prove stun bling blocks in the future pathway Do not let past good deeds prevent yet nobier efforts and grander achieve ments. Whatever the past, it has gone forever. Neither prayer nor tears car bring it back. Let it go, therefore unload it's memories, that we may bet ter run the race that is still set before us.
 The Future.-The "shadowy future, our motto calls it. The word is wei chosen, for a veil lies over the days t1 come, which is not lifted till we reacf them. We naturally shrink from the unknown, and not knowing what may | be on the morrow, we therefore feal the morrow But fear is not the same as wise forethought. Because we dt not know what the morrow will bring | forth we are not to boast ourselves O. l tomorrow or recklessly waste the days | granted us. But fear of the future weakens us for lifes struggles, and ii unworthy of one who believes that Gods in his heaven; alls right witt the world
 The true attitude toward the future | is that of encouragement and faith The fearless, manly heart" does moi mean rashness or bravado, or insensi bility to life's seriousness and mean ing. It means the triumph of faitf over fear, of courage over cowardice It expresses exactly the right spirit il | which to face the unknown. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant" fear nc future, no matter how dark and mys terious. For the future is made III of just such days as we have already had.
 The Present.-This is thine There fore 1t is to be wisely improved It is literally and really all we have-the present moment-"the inch before the saw" Yesterday, like last year, is gone forever. Tomorrow may never come.
 How urgent the call of the New Year, to spend no time in vain regrets or future forebodings, but to give our selves diligently to the work of the day! At this season we often say, "A new year has dawned." But, really only one more day has come. We have 1915, but 1916 is not yet here and when it, too, is gone it will be toe late to do anything in it. The recur ~~~~~~~-~-~~~~~~-~~~