Show turning the caf with reverent hart fr e turn anew an untouched age of tirre ours to fill with i oble deeds or stain with sin and crime then ere we mar its surface pure ere we begin anew well that our last years corb worb we take a short review alas I 1 we scan through tears the page we meant should be so fair the blotted page where records live of hope and toil and can the page that ends the finished year of loss and gain and strife of love and home s sweet happiness and peace that bosses life so much there is of pleasantness our record has to tell and so much done unworthily we might have done so well though mental retrospect on shows that shine exceeds the shade too late we would erase the blots of past mistakes we made then turn the new leaf look not back to grieve oer loss and pain but view the futures spotless page where we begin again and here resolve by gods own grace that we will do our best to keep lifes record clean and pure and trust him for the rest sir |