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Show II II " A Rule of Life " " THOUOH every day Is a new beginning, be-ginning, and so far as our personal person-al experience is. concerned a "new year" may start any time, there Is something about the ending of December Decem-ber nnd the first week or so of January Janu-ary thnt tnnlces even the careless thoughtful. . Tho passing year bus brought botlr Joy and sorrow whnt may not the next have In store? Whcro shall we be when tho Now Year bells fall on our ears ngnln? Who will bo with us? Shall we be 111 or well? Disquieting questions thnt disturb our case and mnke us inclined to fcur. Wo hnve blundered eorcly, It may be. In tho old year; some of Its pages are blurred with regret, or tho sombre stains of remorse. And no matter what happiness may have been ours, there Is always something we did or left undone which saddens us us wo remember. Shall wc mnko the same mlstnhes once moru, leave the, same blotted record? Our hearts grow chill, and we turn nway, disheartened on tbe New Year's threshold. This in suite the wrong spirit la tvtiff-h a fnvit ihm hnffln thnt 1(p lit. fore us. . It is right that wo should look back to see where we failed, nnd bow. But this onco recognized, with our plea for forgiveness a plea that will never be refused if we are truly sorry we must lift up eur hearts ngnln and set out to stay our enemies. They are within us, not without, In-tide In-tide our citadel dwells thnt evil temper, tem-per, thnt pride, thnt Indolence, that greed or envy which tempts ns to desert de-sert our colors to think thnt the fight Is hopeless. Each ol us has his own special temptation, nnd, once we realize real-ize the form ours takes, the way lies straight before us. It's the fashion to smile nt New Year resolutions, so often made only to ho broken; but they are n definite help If wc make them firmly Intending to keep them I They will only weaken us If we throw thein to n troublesome conscience merely ns a sop something to keep It quiet for the time, until It goes to Bleep ngnln. Providing that they he sufllclently clastic to change i their form when there Is reasonable cause, rules fence in duties that might bo neglected nnd keep them In th Hi forefront of our minds. But to nmlll- Hb ply rules In n big mistake, for ther Hi Is one which, fUthfully kept, win .HJ mako us both blessing and blessed. Hi The Itule of Love. Just loving enr Hi neighbor ns we love eurselrcs ; nervlsx Hi hlra, trusting him, hoping for hlw- Hi Refraining even under grave proveca jHjj tlon from saying what would sting tf Hb ho snld It to us; forgiving hlu as we 'Hi would be forgiven; considering him a Hi wo would bo considered ; helping hfm Hi when he needn It with tho ttiougntfal H delicacy which makes help acceptable Hi .Instead of humbling; respecting nta Hjb .vrnkness, his prejudice, his Infirmity; HI lnv.fe5'uig with him Instead of nt Tain; Hi and, f3.culd thero coirie a time wnea Hi sincerity demands, we should say what Hi we know Will not please him, taking Hi care to blend truth with charity. Hi All the "little" rates we make fer H ourselves come Into line with this one. Hi Tho Itule of Order oh, how many jHl New Years havo wo not begun with Hi the resolution that we would not leays HB our things about, nor lose then, nor Hi hide them away I For we cannot b HB untidy all to ourselves any mora thaa IBB wo can ba III tempered and sot spell HJ someone else's pleasure; and nothing HB Is more upsetting to already wearied HB brains thnn the fuss and worry HJ hunting for things which should r jHB ready to hand. The Rule ef Punctll- HB iousness In little things, that' famou H "oiler of tho wheels of life," will iuak Hi us both pollto nnd punctual, as w HB mnst .be If we wonld be pleamnt t H work with (Judging ether people HB preferences by our own I) Tho Huh HB of Oettlng-Upln-Ttme (this almi M deserves nil capitals!) means, If kept, HB a great deal more than our ewa cea . HB venlcnccs, since everything wo do or Hi leave undone Is bound to react m ear H neighbors. HB And even if we often fall to keep, H even fitfully, tho golden rule which HB enjoins us to love them as ourselves, Hj every effort wo make In this dlrectlea (H brings Its own reward, here nBd new. I As we grow Into the habit of thinking of people kindly we cease to bo sb U noyed ut their peculiarities, nnd create1 B nn atmosphere of good feeling t l I which they ccaso to bo annoyed at 1 fl eur We must nlwnys remember that j B the bearing nnd forbearing Is sot i i needed on our side alone ns Thomas j B a Kcmpls said long ngo, when we find ' II our neighbor difficult to put up with, cB wo may be sure thatha finds It cqunllr I M dlfllcult to put tip with us. There wife ' fU always ho need for self-control nnd fu patience; hut when wc reckon up gnhi 111 oud loss on tho eve of 1023, In thr j mensuro we hnve kept the Itule of I It Love, so one will ontwclgh tho other, w "We tnrn and look upon tho valley ,jl ISrooke, "Thero below nre the spots , ; m stnlnetl by our evil nud our fear, Dut i B as we look n glow of sunlight break, I H upon tho past, nnd In the sunshine ta ' 3 a soft rain fulling from heaven. It , I washes away the stain, and from the i c a purity ef tho upper sky a vole seems f 8 to descend nnd enter ur sobered . I jjl hearts, lily child, go forward, abiding a fl In fnlth, hope, nnd love, for lo I nn ' If II with yu nlway . . ," I If May the New Year bring us alt near ' I each ether as children of the enin t dear Father, Exchaneo. ' j! I |