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Show " . 1 Tffae Mew Ife? I WHAT ITS $GRS OF PROMISE ARE Wmmmmmy YKAIIH IMV h Never t hm rt n ! u-liar u-liar relation 10 Hi" l a three homln d and lx t five da mi whlih , are Mill-l iln' doing LJ nl blunrv oi h hlH f: lalendar year Mi" I-1 I minis i.h-rwd tin- dnv 1' I ii public hc.ll.Uv. and "" IfcHjil lien ami sirltc were suspended, social visit" with elinalcscd, presents '" given snd rcii-iv-d, nuil feasting Ihiinilhnul the impli" Hi" 'f d"r ill Hi" day Hi" "nrlv Chris Hsu lit fitat act themselves sgalnst Hi" iiim f Hi" liny observed hv Hi" It n - uiiill ih" fixing of rtirlatnisa day m the i.Mh ol December, De-cember, mid New Year's day came lo lir observed sa III" octave la III" Nailvltr mid hI-u ua the IVmlul or ih ( In mi,. Uli.n The obaervsfii " mid spirit of Ih" day have not i hanged very greatly In Inn onrush nf Ih" rcniiiric We InlKhl go baik iitrai Iho Iiiiik ttetck of "r lin ih day w live In mill ih" day h"n ih" Itoinuna Interchanged Inter-changed their nodal visits anil their good wlh"i and hoih gave and received lh"lr etronae, and between be-tween th" iben arid ih" now ihe Identity of feeling, feel-ing, emotion and sentiment concerning thla dy H readily discovered Ho niknjr sentiments crowd Ihemaolvca Into New Year' day and all ar" mostly children In th" way la which th" day appear In Ihrni and In tb" simple feelluge and emntlnne dy which It la observed Th" greeting' "A llaiy Now Year!" pushes up through th hard (train nf Ih" year, and tb almpl" rnintlona. which muk" Ih whole world kin, hrlnt friend nearer In frli'iid and molt Ufa together to-gether Into a rlibrr afferllnn. and good will be-comes be-comes III" krynol of III" on thla day. drudges ar drupiieil, resentments dissolved, and th average man wlih th" average endowment of affection for bla fpllnwa flnda It almost Impossible In yllallt any of bla hatr"da through lb emotion laden momenta mo-menta of New Year's day. Th personal Ufa baa mini Ihlnga to aar In Itself; II la at our rloa-Ing rloa-Ing of arrounta and th oprnlng of ni'w rarr. Old thine pana away and all ihlnga ''in to ho-onin ho-onin new. Th Ihlnga lhat might bay li"n and hav not hcomr ar forgottrn In th nrw hoMa and aaplrallona and ainlililona whlih aprlug up In lb h"art on thn flml day of Ih yr. Of rnura". nobody will yr ti what th boa and faith of Ih" day prn)rl for th Individual llfw. Th oioat ardrnl tirllnrrr In Ih tt"r day, th iiiiint natixuln arrhltHii ol Ih rlrhar fortune yet In lie will full abort of Ih lilral that controla hi Imagination Hut the very fuel that th day allri Hhuh noble Impulk and flooda Ih proapectlv riara with Ih glow of hope la In llaelf an aaaur atire lhat the year aball tie rlih In Ih sifts and Ibe goiHl will of th god. Aniilher yr! annllor yrar! The InrreMMliic rueh of lltu aweepa on! Whi'lin'il In It aur, dlanppear Man' bnw and fiar--riivr ganal ih. no' rornrar thai I'll tale! The hour riVniaivta anuthi-r alraln. Iwnian.la hlali ihouahi lhat rannut U"ll, And alrvnalb to vumiurr and retain. 'Tla nihlntaht- friim lha dark blue akv The Llara, whh h nnw l" down on "jrtt Hiiva a-n Irn Ihnuannd rvnltirlc ttv, And alvrn lo rounllraa chan"a blrlh. Hhtna nnt ahln on! With ynti t traad The niari-h nf khi, nrtai nf llalitf A laal "rllna u'rr you may apread To in", lo nir, Ihrra runira no mailt! Th aonlliuant lhat phraaea Itaelf In th quit di'prvaalng worda: Tha world la vrrv "vll. The tlruaa ara Wftirlng late, la hardly In tun wllb thn modern aplrlt when llfo la thoiiKbt of aa a rorporata bualnt'aa and thla modern aidrii takes account of Ita own enlarged and enlarging thon'mii. Not tb mat credulous and believing prophet a generalloa ngo could hav forecast th world w know and ire perfectly at bom with to-day. Mill war Lytic In his short book. "Tb Coming Race," endeavor! In tell th story and achievement of mankind a) ih day that waa shortly to be, but bla aeemlng kipoaalbl world baa been mora Iban realised re-alised In ir ow n day, Th half ha not been told. Th great note nf th day la the large grasp human life pnssasca over II own career and destiny, th growing sitifldonc that Ihla old yet ever renewing world Ik nlvlng Us own problems, and, under tb guiding at 'bat I'rovldenc which I'opea well known line so k'.iuillully express: All aucne la Inn art, unknown to Ih": All (tan." tlimilon. which thou canal ant sa: All I.. ..r.l, Icarni.oir. not un.l-ratood; All sarllol pvll. uult'rsal good, I worktis, for the day of a perfectly ordered and perfectly adjuaied civilisation Thn greater power man la trcuuiulatlng and employing over his own bodily III", his mastery of the secrets of life which hav best hid from Ih foundallnn of the world, tb realliatkn lhat man blmaelf la bla own provlclenr In a vital y larger degree than hitherto b bin dreatni-tof, and that Ih "greater Ihlnga'' tb great-at great-at of al Teacher forstold age ago that k should nn.nrcngjr -u-i ndowd with competence lo do the h I doing In tbl ry day with a miraculous conldenc and a mighty faith. H baa dlscor-ered dlscor-ered that hi own commission otr life, over Ih happiness and health and the fruitage of the life that now la, aa well aa of that which I to com, la a vastly larger commit Ion than the world hliharto ha dreamed of. He I finding out that I'rovldenc I a partnership and lhat no man may be a sleeping partner In tho business of living without the penally of losing tb very thing that lir la a world of polonclea converted Into achievement. achieve-ment. Thla la the note, surely, as civilisation civi-lisation facea th year 1910 Ih nolo of coin potency. Ibe sense of added power to life, th feeling lhat tb greater things ar coming on th earth, and that man la u Ing lb key to unlock the treasure house of his own life with a sure-neas sure-neas and a wisdom that give promts prom-ts of a vastly better, richer, luster universe than he baa yet known. Another note of our lime la lb fact lhat life mirror Itaelf In such a wonderful way and the ihlng and forces that mak for the bet tor dny to h are known and rend nf all men. We live In th open, i and no man may become champion of any cauae and keep the world In i Ignorance of the character of lb cauae and th nature of bis chain i plnnshlp. No man to-day may hid ' his light under a bushel. It la a I tell-tale world, and, more than any paat lime, th world today ha a j justnr sense of value and knows I bulb Ih thing that ar saving It ! and the things also that threaten and endanger It. Public aervlc was never so responsible aa It Is to-day, because clvlllratlon never bad the almoat mlraculou vower of analysing and testing the value of public service a In Ibis present year' Public llfo I an open bonk, and the moat Impossible of all Impossible Im-possible thing I day I that auy national or International movement should be misunderstood or misinterpreted misin-terpreted by the world's beat mind And what Is true of public movements move-ments I true nf public men. No ! public man cun deceive his consul uents to-day, for his constituents are the world. And the strong man today Is thn man who frankly roc ! oguUea thla. |