Show I 1 to 1 U the old I 1 d year ar by julia jisha jayne walker if alker MS 0 MANY days weve fared through gay and wintry weather old year I 1 cannot let you go such great times weve had as we journeyed lourn eyed side bide by side none other so intimate as ag thou no other friend save thou has witnessed my defeats no other so cheerily shared my triumphs when friends friend proved unkind thou didat walk by my side and counsel patience the hurts burts ot of wounded affection were healed time alone endured thou usher in a new day tall full of sunshine and the song nong 0 of birds its blessed healing power revive my drooping spirit and soothe all wounds thou bring me friends from afar the meeting them in the flesh ones once again the looking into loving eyes and holding hands warm with the grasp of friendship proved a benediction after long years ot of wearying separation the turning point in life came to more than one young person about mo crucial questions were decided which will make tor for weal or woe thou accompany me each day while I 1 helped to guide young lives into making safe departure from the beaten path farewells have been said which tore the hear strings and made them bleed afresh with tho the over new pangs of parting and then a time came when a great wrench must be made the old ways were to be mine no more I 1 must turn my ay back upon the past and set my face ace resolutely towards the future no matter how hard the road nor how many heartaches and longings for the ild path were involved to in the treading of f the now there was to be no looking jack back with gaze bent forward the present must bo be lived but there need be no fear with a heart of 0 courage within and god in his heaven overhead all these memories are linked with thee old year how can I 1 let thee go no matter how sad tho the retrospect no matter how many sighs and heartthrobs heart throbs we have trod the way together thou and not another hast haat been ray my companion over both the rough and pleasant ways I 1 feel so EO much at home with thee old year thy face so familiar Is the he face of an old friend nut but this his tt ranger which comes on apace hurrying to take thy place and to usurp thy privileges I 1 know naught of him I 1 know not what strange new ways he may usher in lie ho fills t me with dis trust anil and for foreboding boding ile he comes bringing vast possibilities for or creat things who knows whether lie will nill realize his bis responsibility and seize tho the moment of 0 achievement as soon as it Is presented it if he proves to be a worthy heir of thine he may add materially to the worlds acque tion of science ere his life be ended Tenny Tennye sons ons dream may bo be realized navies grappling in the central blue edison may lc be making houses of cement which shall be adapted to rich and poor like alike wireless telegraphy and wireless telephoning may be ax as easily done as the same came la ia upon wires today mr it stead may have bridged the gulf between this land and the further shore with his spirit communications Bl medical edical scientists may havo have waged war against disease with such success that health may be ref reigning gning oer the earth warfare between nations may have hava been made we EO destructive that universal peace will cover the land as a mantle of green covers the earth nut but old year should he introduce Intro duco all these innovations ho he might also bring in his train sorrows borrows and burdens new trials and tolls I 1 shrink from letting win him in 1 shall trust thy son to be worthy of his sire old year to bs ba like thee kind and sympathetic no matter what tat fate may bring to me casting tears fears to tb wind I 1 look leek toward the future with will smiling confidence asking only that thai strength may be given to bear what ever of ill or good fortune the new nev year car may bring nevertheless I 1 am loath to part pan with thee the friend of so many deat deal days that are gone into the past goodby old year thou dost no go out of my life though I 1 shall se thy face no more the tha recollection 0 thy dear friendship will be dacre among my hearts innermost treasures old year you shall not die we did so 0 o laugh and cry with altti you ivo ive halt a mind to die dl with you old your year it if you must die r about even now but which will VIII bi the taller when next new years da comes 1 |