Milford chronicle., 1930-12-26
GLENDALE
New Year's Day

turtles past when people have accu
mulated some bad habits which the
fhink should be abolished, general.
wait until New Years Day to form
new resolutions, which will rid then
OF all things which they think hay
"a tendency to concept the human
body In olden times when rum wai
almost as free as water, and sold al
Tow at ten cents per quart, the homes
were generally supplied with al
abundance of this stuff. The decan
ter was a fixture of the sideboart
and the contents was free to all
preachers and laymen alike.
1t was generally custom i'm those
days as it is now, sometimes when q
man has imbided too freely OF out
ragged liquor to want to make sci
OF resolutions, which would as 1le
Thought, rid him of this bad habit.
Another who has been using to-
baccO too freely, both in chewing
and smoking, which threatened to
undermine his health, would Thru
a set of resolutions, find a panacea
for this obnoxious habit Others
would be affected with habits Which
We're degrading to say the least-a and
they to were looking for reliee when
the New Year should roll atodnd,
and through a set of good-resoiu-
tiOns, forever to rid themselves from
the disgrace which dealing in these
forbidden habits would at lass Nilbt
only to undermine their health, but
would destroy their social standing
as well.
But why should people wait for
the New Year to commence putting
their new resolutions into effect,
they must think the New Year has
something about it which will make
it more binding than any other day
during the year. 1t will take strong
will power to be able to shake off
any habits which is detrimental to
the interests of any individual who
has them.
Sometimes to be effective, it not
only takes will power, but that pow
er must be backed by an unseen
force, which is greater than any
which the individual may have.
Are promises made in this way
where only the will power of the
person is exercised; kept! We
Should say not. They run well for
a season, but the old habits soon re-
turn and the person afflicted becomes
worse than he was at first,
: The pathway of life is paved with
broken resolutions, and so it will
be perhaps until the end of time.
There are some resolutions that
that could be made and sacredly
kept, and it should not take New
Years day to bring them about. They
Say we are living in an advanced
age, and everything in the world
must be on the onward march,-the
church to be popular must allow
those things to creep in which does
not advance, but rather retards, that |
spiritual interest which Christians
should have for their church. We
can be modern only so far as it con-
forms to the commands OF Christ |
and the laws which He has laid |
down for the guidance of those who |
profess to be His followers. A good |
resolution for Christians to make is
not to allow anything of this kind .
% happen in the affairs of the |
chur(h. The old time Watch Meet |
{ng5seems to have become obsolete,
-'ut why? Was it Il disgrace for |
Bur fathers and mothers to gather
I'm the church of their choice on New
Years eve and with an hour OF
PRAYER and song speed the departing
old year and welcome the new year
in. Was it wrong when the clock
cbimed the hour of twelve for those
assembled to send forth their thanks
tO Almighty God for his goodness
during the past year and also TO
thank him for the New Year Just
dawning, hoping that it may prove
Of more lasting benefit to humanity
i'm every way, that the year which
has Just passed. If this is all wrong
then the writer fails to comprehend
that which is right. !
We must hurry on as we have sew
era1 items which we wish to ipcor-
porate in this article before it is nm
ished. .-.-.
New Years Day is moving day in
Sussex County. No difference how
stormy or cold the weather may be,
nkople must vacate the property
hey occupy, to allow others who
have it rented to move i'll. 1t is pa
.l1etic at times to watch women and
children huddled together on top OF
4 tload of household goods, facing
he storm that may be prevailing
With not enough wraps to keep them
lry. They go into their new homes
With bed and covers wet, it is a great
v6nder that more are not made SICK
han really are The 25th of March
S the moving day in New Castle Co,
perhaps that would be better for
sussex County than the present NOV
ng day of January first.
Let us take up for short space
# Stime the superstitiOns that used
q pervade the ranks of the old
liners, and to this day some OF the
roIlug people who have been brought
ID under such conditions, believe in
no same things as the old" timers
lid. Ipi s,
New Years Day was considered
" many to be the stepping stoney9
uture prosperity and it would 6dt
,e wise for anyone to Say or ,dq,any-
hing which they considered would
n ANY way stand in the way-of-tAelFs-
uture ambition. Old timePsgFtsrdr,
d their homes on New YearB epaya \
% that unwelcome guests .Were,- not
,ermitted to enter. White melEiWelt8 I i
Iways welcome, il they were-s-tasst
irst to arrive in the mornll4ad Ae
Inference how poor they naight.aAe'
hey were welcome and royalty treab4