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 ON NEW YEAR’S WISHING 
 
 JF all the Wisher one maj? 
 extend to another, those 
 _ bestowed dtltfeWYears 
 time seem to mean most and to 
 go farthest Other gHsheSare for a 
 daf or a season but N esfifears Mies 
 are for an entire fear! On "Net^ 
 years da g the hands of time seem to 
 stand still for a moment andgtfe us 
 an opportunity to look backward 
 almost to the starting point , and 
 forward for a Oerf litue space into the 
 future. hooking backward on 
 thisfiesffyeays dag? I am t?erfi 
 grateful for your friendship , and 
 looking forWhrd mg Wish is that 
 the coming year mail hold for you 
 your hearts utmost desire. 
 
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~A BRAND-NEW YEAR 
 
 1 pmi6ere6 lotw i(7h at it should be, 
 
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 pandered long what it snouio be, 
 My simpleNe^axrs \vish for thee. 
 A trifling thing itself, I hnov^ 
 
 ^et rare if friendship make it so. 
 
 And knotting this, Ivfish fau here 
 A spotless, beautiful, brana*nev(? fear! 
 A year like that your childhood fenei! 
 \Vhen friends tferebyal and Weiihs true, 
 
 Cjod grant you these joys again to share 
 In this spate, beautiful, brand'nevO year. 
 
THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
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 sj would flood your path with sunshine; 
 l would fence you from all ill ; 
 l would ctomyou with all blessings, 
 if I could but have my will. 
 
 Aye; but human love may err, friend, 
 And a, power all-wise is near ; 
 
 So I only pray: Cod bless you, 
 
 And Cod keep you through the year. 
 
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TtRom me xyo jtou 
 
 :T IS NSW TSARS 
 bay, aiih lam gtah to think, 
 that you arehnppy 75hcoUr 
 year is gone, with ite brag, hoary hay 
 anb to wearying ooitutumplaaB «**# 
 Ifttinxwghryoumuxeaa.Itfjotte^ 
 vthAyou.Anhtffiuluaattmhflifour 
 unhertatotg0,nevtrmm&.T5htNao- 
 Ion ts here, brtgk with thfpnrauBe’ 
 of better things. Go on wnthyouru^ 
 hopefully anb with raiewtbcourager 
 Anh may Goagoant yon grace anh 
 otrragdi to accept humbly thrUMr'* 
 afeappomtmnttsanh hie large «tc 
 cesses ; anb to perform uncomplmn 
 tngly the hailytrninh of petty tasks 
 Tttts ts tap New Years wish to 
 ytw.rayfhtnb. J^alph Ljee 
 
A NEW TEAR’S PRAYER 
 
 N o wish of mine can make thee glad 
 As I would have thee be ; a 
 
 No hope can touch the heights 
 Which my heart lifts for thee : 
 
 No joy that I may dream can tell — ' 
 Like ecstacy of flowers — ' 
 
 What my heart craves for thee 
 In this New Year of ours. 
 
 And so, instead, I only pray 
 Thar every wish and hope 
 T hat God has , for thy life and mine. 
 Upon this New Year’s slope, 
 
 May blossom beautiful and fair, 
 Fulfilled and nobly done ; 
 
 And heaven be nearer by a year 
 Of holybenison. 
 
 Edwin Osgood grower 
 

A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR 
 
 Lord, for w bat we have received, 
 Learned and loved, unlearned, achieved; 
 F or our measure of success , 
 
 F aihires, cares, and fears no less ; 
 
 For the kindness and the grace 
 Oneachjfiendfy human face; 
 
 For the rapture and the pain 
 C extern to be ours again ; isword 
 T hough Death himself should dm/ his 
 M.ake us truly thankful, Lord. 
 
 E. F. Howard 
 
THE SPiRITs^NEW YEAR 
 
 WISH you joy on this 
 New Tears day, joy of 
 new beginnings , of 
 high, expectations . of 
 renewed, raith in things to be. 
 May the spirit of the New Year 
 go with you through all its days, 
 and bring you many sweet sur- 
 prises . many hopes realized, 
 many dreams come true . If 
 disappointments or sorrows 
 or apparent failures come to 
 make you sad . may you not 
 spend Gods time in mourning 
 but go on your way rejoicing 
 in His many blessings . counting 
 them over and over. lme the little 
 child counting stars - always 
 beginning but never ending. 
 
 Edwin Osgood Grover 
 
x.^4 7^g&>5feav!r Tp^rTx^ 
 
 r ms W7f/f for you: that pad 
 I rough, roads unheeded // 
 march, ahead. Undaunted, 
 with the hope of tru/t begotten// 
 <7o win Life’s bread;// <z7o to ear 
 a smile e’e?i when tears be four 
 portion// With, tg*hf unsaid ; 
 
 <&6 find. fair blooms /rom. last 
 year’s brown, leaves springing/! 
 Upon your way; f/d7o reap the* 
 worth, of deeds gone by that 
 left you // bit more gray// 
 wi bit more strong to live and 
 love with others/jFrom day to dag 
 
 
 In. fruitful fields may (dime think 
 wise to give you/fcA gentle party/ 
 JYith love of horue and fiends 
 to twine about you// UHay this 
 fear- start — Mlue skies to cheer, 
 and peace of (rod to guide i/ouff 
 O jdithful heart * 
 
 (Sd£ ttf^fngjtonfrrL ith. 
 
MY NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE 
 
 r VSTEAD ofmakingNetfYear 
 Resolutions for myself this 
 year, I am sending a fotf of 
 my friends this message of con- 
 gratulation and thanks— congrat 
 ulatm onthe evident succemlM 
 haVe come to them during the past 
 year— thanks for theivjrienaship 
 and for everything sOhich they 
 haVe shared vPith me. And the 
 best that I can hope or tfish for 
 you during the coming year is 
 three hundred and sixty-foQe 
 happy days, and the joy of seeing 
 gourjondest dreams come true.