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Show CARDINAL GIBBONS' NEW YEAR MESSAGE Baltimore, Md., Jan 1. Cardinal Gibbons' New Year's message is as follows: "The chief thought that should occupy oc-cupy our minds at the advent of the New Year is to thank the Lord for tho temporal, and spiritual blessings that he has bestowed cm us during the last year, both as a nation and as individuals. in-dividuals. "We should thank the Lord that we are at peace with the world and particularly par-ticularly so within our own borders, as we are free from domestic strife. "We should Wiank Him for the tern poral blessings that we enjoy and for the prosperity that abounds through out the length and breadth of this great land of ours "Above all we should thank Him for all the spiritual blessings that He has conferred on us individually and it should be our principal resolution to manifest our thanksgiving by a determination de-termination to adjust our lives during the coming year according to the principals prin-cipals laid down in the gospel and with a spirit of charity to all men and hatred to none." |