| Show The CI lug of tbe Year I A few more das and the year which to some las Jirought happiness happi-ness to others sadness will be added I to tliOMi which hnve passed before Mnny will during the present mouth sit in retrospective thought over es events which have marked I the carin thiirllve To the young the years speed not fat enough to I the old tltoy are all to short The 301111 employ tho clo Iiig of one year In ambitious planning for the I next the aged mu e ouer the I cvcuu of the past and contemplate con-template the myttcrie of tbe future I In the lives of some the year ha proved a memorable one while In tho < < of others it Ia 1 suggestive of no speelal events The hopes of one have reached i fruition the aspln lon another have fallen short of success and thus the last day of December brings alike pleasant and sad memories Whatever the year IbSiha brought to us there isn valuable leon to b learned I any undertaking which wo entered lutIerklng upon whih tered has proved unsuccessful we can now on looking back over the ground free more clm ly the cause of our failure Xo lesson is M > forcIbly learned as that born of experience A last failure oftlmcs POints to I future succe s If we but profit by the Its sou No year 1 wasted which brings us to a elenr realization of our in dixidual worth and its best employ ment The experiences of the old year will make our successes during the new more assured for wo will linve learned whnt shonls to avoid in Shiesen of life 1 our bark has just ground over the rocky reefs with but slight Injury let us led thankful that we were not entirely en-tirely wrecked To tlC successful the truth hns been taught that the best success is thnt which Is ore with mwlestj andn humbe exterior It is a pour eucccM that brings with i an outward eclfcousclous ness of our tnlents or gifts The niotaimirdanit beloved I men and women are tho e Itocomhlne pros jientv with modesty And thus toni to-ni the year can bo fruitful of good uls I we but extract tram our inJUidual cxicricnccs only I that whieh will IK best and most profitable profit-able for us to number Then we hal be the Kttcr prepared to liter upon the new year with wisdom I zeal 1 and energyEa |
