Show THE NEW YEAR A hippy new year to one andam and all tile the old ld veir c ir 3 mantled with the frosts of it winter litter and white hite i with lilt tile the snows snori 3 of old a ae c it ins is drifted into the past and as v we vre till chiow ow the clods of memory 0 oer 0 ei its iti tomb we ic welcome ill the new born infant gl with alth joy and faith Letti let us hope tint only pleas aint memories of the year vear which ln ili sped away ill aty ly remain and enter cuter lipon the new one determined to profit aror it by that which has past the spring summer autumn Autum nand and winterhof winter Winte of 1863 with mith their varied blesin blessings g their their on cn joy ments and their buried hopes live have conic come and KOW gone we enter upon another today to day 1 may jay its sprint spring summer autumn and winter bring joy and coin comfort foit and pro prosperity to all As we ire scatter sctt ter heft er ers i upon the tomb of that naich is gone forever may bri brighter abter and boic joyful ii wreaths reath bedeck the brow of that which takes it its place we cannot recall the past neither its joys nor yet it its sonomo son 0 s for its blessings bles blez aings sing let grateful thanks arise while its trials prepare preau c us to meet those bich in kiy ay iy yet in the providence of god be in store for us its the exper experience ienco of the past is ii not lost upon the thoughtful or the wise but should strengthen the weak and make stronger the strong in ia virtues walks it is ii but one step from the cradle to the grave jy in ame agy nith burtrens bur or light with joy yet surely p ising on until all ia is buried in tile the deep bosom or of eternity so we know liow low or irenec M hence they hae sped away in life s short journey to the thenh we apts today to day another nille milc stone and tire nrc swift hurrying on to that un undiscovered discovered country hom choso whoso bourne no traveler returns at it w is well for us to note the land marks and ask our cur hearts if amid all the scenes of the bellied year scenes of mingled gladness and woe of hope and disappoint disappointment there has been left aught undone which should have been done or ill that L t which had bad better been left undone whether in taking laking one more step t toward ois ard the grave grai c wo we are arc so BO much nearer heaven than before and 1 when lien the conscience or the clear coni conviction lotion of truth shall answer may that ansi answer er be treasur ell up ill to guide and direct during the coming year we start ant anew w today to day blotting out the dark mccoid of the p save gave as monuments cuta to guide in ill tile the future and cherishing the bright memories to cheer us its on our onward course may our trials and troubles past be the cloud by night llight as our joys euall be the pillow ot of fire by day to direct our course through the labyrinths and tangled pathway of our future walk iet the ho prayer arke arise that another new year yearb may be glada gladdened erica by peace throughout the length and breadth of our stricken 1 land and and ina may y tile the Ilk historian of 1861 record the final crash of tile the unprovoked rebellion which we would fain be bc hove is now DOW struggling in the last abr throes acs of merited and ignominious dissolution |