Show IU rIling the nu caf with reverent heart we turn tum anew an untouched page of time ours to fill with noble deeds or stain stam with sm sin and crime then ere we mar its surface pure ere we be begin bein in anew well that 0 e our last years work we take a short review alas alast we scan through tears the page we meant should be so fair the blotted page where records live of hope and toil and care the page that ends the finished year of loss and gain and strife of love and home homes s sweet happiness and peace that blesses 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 retrospection 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 bade back to grieve 0 oer er loss and pain but view the futures future s 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 5 F Var margartt gartt wall rall 11 |