Year: 1870

CARRIERS ADDRESS.


MEDLEY.
I Old time has turned another page
OF eternity and truth;


He reads with a warming voice To age,
And whispers a lesson to youth.
year has fed, DER heart and head,


Since last the yule log burnt;
and we have a task to closely ask,


What the bosom and brain have learnt7
OH let US hope that our sands have run
With wisdom's precious grains;
Oh may we find that our hands have done
Some work Of glorious pains.
Then welcome and cheer to the Elerry new


year,


: While the holly CLEANS above Us,
With pardon foTthe foes who hate,


And prayer for those who love Us.
We may have seen some loved one pass
To the land OF hallowed rest;
We may miss the glow OF an honest brow,
And the warmth Of a friendly breast;
But II we nursed them while on earth,


With hearts all true and kind,
VIII their spirits blame the sinIess mirth
Ofthose true hearts left behind?
No, No. it were not well or wise


To mourn with endless pain;
There's blessed world beyond the skies,
Where The good shall meet again.
Then a welcome and cheer 10 the merry new


year,


While the holly CLEANS above US;
With pardon for the foes who hate,
And prayer for those who love us.
Have our days rolled on serenely free
From sorrSw's dim alloy?
DO we still possess the gifts that bless
And I'LL our souls with joy?
Are the creatures dear still clinging near?
Do we hear loved voices come?
Do we gaze OH eyes whose giances shed
A halo round our home?
Oh II we do, let tn anIls be poured
To Him who hath spared and given,
And forget not, DER the festive board
The mercies held from heaven.
Then a welcome and cheer to the merry new


year,


While the holly CLEANS above US;
With pardon for the foes who hate,
And a prayer for those who love us.
Brave Winter and shall ever agree,
Though a stern and frOwning gafIer is he.
like to hear him, with hail and rain,
Come tapping against the window pane;
joy to see him come marching forth
3egirt with the icicle gems OF the north
But like him best when he comes bedight
In his velvet robes Of stainless white.
A cheer for the snow-the drifting snOwI
Smoother and purer than beauty's brow!
Tie creature of thought scarce likes TO tread
On the delicate carpet 50 richly spread.
With feathery wreaths the forest is bound,
And the hills are with glittering diadems


crowned.


'Tis the fairest scene We can have below
Sing welcome then, TO the drifting snow.
The urchinH gaze with eloquent eye
To see the flakes go dancing by,
In the thick of the storm how happy are they
To welcome the first deep snowy day!
and pelting-what bliss to fall
Half-smothered beneath the well-aimed ball!
y
Such sport Is ye had in the drifting snow?
I'm true to my theme, for love it well,
When the gossiping nurse would sit and tell
The tale Of the geese-though hardly believ-


ed


1 doubted and questioned the words that de-


ceived.


rejoice in 1t stiI, and love to see
The ermine mantle on tower and tree.
'Tis the faireSt scene we can have below,
Hurrah then, hurrah! for the drifting snow!
The far-of sun withholds her warmth,
And nature, chilled and cheerless stays,
Weeping in sleety tears her loss,
And mourning all the dreary days.
naked woods sobbing sound,
In frozen fields a dumb despair;
Dull muImurs from the ice-bound brook,
And snow-birds' plainings in the air.
No promised Spring in earth or sky;
No whisperIngs of balmier time;
Yet the New Year glides swiftly on,
And Summer shall make glad his prime.
AIasi when Winter comes Within
When chill and darkness shrOud the heart,
For it no second Spring shall dawn,
When once its sunshine doeth depart.
| heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,


And wild and sweet


The words repeat
or peace ON earth, goodwill TO men!



A ma fI,ous,hf I.our nc 4Ia dow l,a5 .op,a
The belfries ofan Christendom


Had rolled along


The unbroken song
Or peace on earth, good will TO men!
rill, ringing, singing on its way,
The world revOlved from night 10 day,


A voice, chime,


A chant sublime
Or peace on earth, goodwill TO men!
Look to the east where the sunlight is break
ingI
Azure and gold in its glories unfold;
All that is lovely in Nature awaking-
Waking to life the New Year TO behold.
is dawning from heaven to earth, !
Down in the west sinks the dyingOld Year
The morning stars sing as they sang at their
birth
"Glory to God Him to love and to fearI"
Past is the night, and the Futures before us,
Onward and upward our course ever be,
Freedom to all, with the flag waving DER us,
And a Happy New Year may we all wish 10 |
see.