Evening star., 1922-01-01
The New Year Offers to All
Chance to Start Race Anew

will. with the strength of hope and
the red badge of courage.
X X X
Success comes sometimes through
remembrance. something's through
forgetfulness. 1t was one Of the
against too long mourning for
ones sins lest thereby he cast
doubt upon the mercy and good
ness Of God. The finest human
utterance is the call of the Saliva
tion Army. "A man may be down.
but. never out So long as man
wastes time wondering whether
he fell or whether he was pushed
or tripped he is quite likely to
stay down. 1t is Of little moment
how he happened to get down.
True, he may point moral ani
adorn d tale. but while he lies
there wondering he is still down.
Wisdom, prudence, safety, all
urge him TO get up and go on.
And as he goes let him remem-
ber only that which will give
courage and strength. Let him
fix within himself the idea that
no one can really hurt him save
himself. Let him seek no re-
venge, for revenge is a sword
which does not find it's way to an
enemy'S heart without piercing
also the heart Of the man who
wields it. Let him look around
and observe that the happy war
riors are those who, forgetting
the things that are behind, press
forward toward the prizes to be
won.
X X X y
l do not bear that CHASTITY Cos
pei of consolation doled out by
some churchmen. 1T might be
worse" Ny message is. 1T may
be better and 1T will be if you
will" No one eventually can lose
anything that is worth having If
he will only believe that he is the
captain of his own soul and will
VOW not to order it to enter any
fight which is not worthy of the
highest manhood.
The New Year greets you nei-
ther as conquerors nor slaves. The
New Year knows you all and
with an incumbered title to life.
success or immortality. 1t has a
wisdom and vision far beyond
the common ken of humankind. 1t
knows that all of us have mort
gagged the passing years to usurers
who had no heart in demanding
both principal and interest at ma
turity. 1t knows that we have
given our notes to wealth, to
nj honor
hatred. 1t understands that our
lives, which are Gods gifts. have
been recklessly pledged by us to
every passing whim and fancy IL
appreciates that We collectively
have fioated bond issue after bond
issue, not to keep the spirit OF
brotherhood alive, but to entail for
all time national pride and vain
glory.
But though this new year knows
you. it is not an avenging angel,
nor is it a Judge summoning you
to answer in foreclosure proceed
ings at the bar of divine justice.
1t is rather a friend who comes in
love and humility to tell you that
in the economy of God. back Of all
these membranes there is for
each of US an equity of redemp-
ton. Men may come and men may
go, nations may rise and fall. plen-
ty and famine may succeed each
other. the races of life may be won
or lost, but the newborn year
comes whispering these words OF
hone into every human ear:
BE not mistaken in what you
call fortune. Be not dismayed by
what you think fate. All of you
come into the race again, each
with his own membranes. The
world will not pay them LOT you.
1t could do SO only by exchang-
ing mortgages. You must pay for
yourselves And YOU can. For !
come to you as the apotheosis OF
that equity of redemption out OF
which you can if you VIII Tree
your lives from the sins that do SO
easily beset and from the sorrows
that depress. You may not know
it, hut / am for you that equity OF
redemption. / am faith and hope.
But as lift you out OF the dust
or mire of last years defeat and
bid YOU believe and hope. it is
needful for me to warn that fool
jsh faith is worse than none. That
idle hope is no better than despair.
1t is for you to fix the boundaries
of your faith and mark the limits
of your hopes"
X X X
Yes. it is new year, laden with
hope to humankind if humankind
will only strive for that worth
having. Have not the years taught
us either in bitterness of heart or
loss of fortune that honest toll is
mans allotted task, that charitable
Judgment is mans unending duty,
that brotherhood and peace the
world around mark real life. that
all may have these blessings, and
that they adorn with ike
content the man in purple
and fine linen and the man IN
holden gray? Will you not let the
new year make of you a real man?
Will you not help to make OF the
world real brotherhood?
tt'onvripht 1921 by Thomas r. Marthall.)