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OfcOUpiAR WWMI figlUL Adown tha palhW&y of tha y*y&, J ^%ai*Y?aath his pacft of Joys andvroSsT . I Of Junatlda smllaa and April taarai | /Across the ft aids with snowdrift whits, ^ ^ ^tWeLVEMOHTp jpast we welcomed htra l\ AiMew Ypathm, one yeer ago, \vBu^'nowhtteye Is weeK end dim. \He fetters on with footstep slow( WE watched hbn gnvr. Th^svrtntartinv^S Ebbed Into spring, and sumh?eri than Wa saw him pulse with vtrtle prided ' Whan autumn Aekls ware ripe agalnt And now, we view him at the last, J Nipped by Dooerabar'e chiningb^st So tot us him, mty ow\ / vy And bid tbo wonctorer "Ood-jpSBdr Old Ymt,? todtamtoyoul If HE Old Twt goaa. ? Bafora tha door and wanfe^/^anyJ'^l Ho. bring him in with, walco&ejhan& 1/^ Tba Tw todg>dlUs^^U^^jj| gHym Htw g^alt !? Ucrttwd K>Oo?h?. Health mouth to mako work a Wealth tnouffh to support your Strength enough to battle with Orace enough to oonfeee your sins and forsake thorn. Potiooeo enough to toil untQ some good la Charity tnoufh that shall am j soma good la your osighbor. ChsarfuliMst anouth that shall maka others glad. Lots aoough that shall mors yon ! to bo useful and helpful to others. Faith that shall make real the things of Ood. And bops that shall remove all : anxious tsars concerning the future. Whan tha World's All New. It Is th* same old worl4 that wa greeted on New Tear's morning. But somehow It looked so different The Invisible dividing Una between last gear and this has made possible, a new angle ot vision. The grip of old passions sterns to hare lost its hold and a new purpose, partly old, partly new, throbs tor recognition. A gen tleness appears In faces thought to be hard and cynical. Happiness sparkles In the eyes at sad and lonely tolk. A sort ot introduction Is need ed to oneself. For the dawn ot the new year mekeWPosstble a fresh at tack on the v age-weary problems, another attempt to produce the best lnstesd ot the good, and a new walk down by-ways ot human experience where one may be a good with no eye but his to see and understand. The world Is all new on New Year's morning ? my world, your world, our world?to make over tor tha Kingdom. ? Ralph WeUea Koalar. QUAINT SOLDIER CEREMONY Hew Crack Scotch Regiment, the See forth High lend ere, Uehere In the New Year. The Seafortb Highlanders, one of Scotland'? crack regimenta now at the front, have esc of the moot peculiar New Year's ere cue tome of the whole Britlah amy. The oeremony is plo turesque and Imposing. On the night of Hogmanay, at about 10:10 o'clock, the regiment assem bles in the barrack square. A tew minutes later the oldest soldier in the battalion, dressed as a Druid, makes his appearance, to the aocompani ment of a flourish of trumpets As cending the improvised throne, he oalls on the veterans to show their uniforms and achievements of bygone times To the music of the pipes and brags band veteran after veteran, ar rayed in the uniforms worn by the reg iment at different periods marches past and salutes the Druid. The Druid then toasts "The Seaforth Highland ers" After a display of Highland dancing jthe alarm is sounded, and the second oldest soldier, arrayed as Father Time, approaches The veterans then re treat. leaving their honors to be guard ed by their successors, and Father Time expels the Druid. At the last stroke of midnight a loud knock is beard at the gate and out rings the sentry's challenge: "Haiti Who goes there?" "The New Year I" comes back the answer. "Advanoe, New Year, and give the countersign!" is the next command. "Pass, New Year; all's well!" The gate is then opened and the youngest boy of the battalion enters dressed as the high chief of ancient Does-to represent the New Year. The colonel shakes handh with the boy, while the band strikes up, "A Ould New Year to Ane and A'." After the colonel's greeting to the battalion the national anthem is played and the men fall out TURNING A New LEAF ~Qy~ ? ? * ? DetyyleRrrewGiss OGER FEATHER8TONE 1,1 rose late on New Year's morning with the barest |\ suggestion of e headache. ^ ' That wae the aftermath ot the previous night's cele bration, memorabilia ot wbich were scattered all about thjj apartment in a weirdly Incongruous way. Roger's coat was still brightly speckled wtth red, yellow and blue confetti; there was ,a battered tin. horn protruding from one pocket, and a particolored fool's cap made of tissue paper was set raklsbly askew on the hronie bast of Beethoven on the plana In the hazily-recalled grotesouerie of last night's homecoming, Roger had denuded himself progressively, be ginning with his shoes at the door, bis hat and waistcoat beside the dresser; trousers and linen at the foot of the bed and, last ot all, his scarf tied in a beautifully neat bow beneath the nob of the bedpost Roger sat up regarding all this whimsically for some time and won dering dully how It is that morning daylight always imparts such a hag gard aspect to the rosy visions of the night before. He yawned and stretched prodigiously; then made a bound for the washbowl and Im mersed his head in gratefully cold and refreshing water from the tap. "Heigh-ho! New Tear's morning and my fortieth birthday all In one! The good Lord knows that I don't feel that old, but these periodic 'par ties' sure are beginning to pall upon me. If f were to do the conventional thing now, I'd begin the new year by making some amazingly moral resolu tion and then? But, after all, why not? ru make a resolution sad not break It, either 1 I'm forty years old today and as comfortable a bachelor as any 1 know. Hereby I do solemnly avow a placid life of celibacy. No wedding bells for me!" Roger dressed leisurely, not a little plnased with the positive formulation of the Idea that really had been in the back of his head for months past Ho liked and admired girls, of course ?what real man doesn't! But It was In a detached, impersonal sort of way. He enjoyed their chatty conversations as menially restful alter weighty busi ness conferences at the office all day long; he liked vivacious femininity across the table when he dined out in the evening. But as tor actually burdening himself with one woman for life?as for voluntarily domesticating himself, eschewing the good fellows at ?i ' Roger Sat Up. th? club, and aa tor systematizing bis Ufa Into a humdrum roattne?ao, no! nrt tor Roger Featherstone! *hl there went the telephone belli Us sinter Madge undoubtedly?Madge t ha had married Phil Barnes and taken out of the merry whirl of things a* lolly a chap aa aver? "Hello! hello! Tea. this Is Roger talking. Oh, 1 though It might be you, ^g. Why, do-o-o! I're no particular appointment for tonight For dinner at your house? Tea. I'll come, thank you Eh? Tou don't say? Betty HurHng going to be there with you, ioo* Well, well, of course I remem oer her! We used to be sweethearts hack In kid days. When did she get back in town? Must be four or Are years since e-e'ee met All right, I'll be orer" Roger sighed aa he hung up (he. re ceiver; then grinned. JOKE VERY MUCH ON JIM Aa It Turned Out, Little Country Qlrt Wat Not So Artloto of Mw Sotmod. It tu a lay party of roioterlng Wtdoe -that went to the eUtioa the other aftornooD to Beet aa Incoming Mood. They Uaod up outoide the gate*. tctpaiag ovary faca aa the paw aaagon tram tho Ju.tarrtred train Among thorn eamo a hrtghtoyod dewy-lipped little mlu with all the artleesneas of the country maiden writ In every feature of her dainty face and line of her trim Uttle Scare. As ehe tripped alone ahe gazed now right, now left upon the waiting throng, ae though expe< thrft of eomeone. When )oat opposite the group of young men waiting tor the friend the stopped, fixed her big, blue eyes for a moment upon tall, young Jim. and thou with aa ejaculation of delight, flung two round arms about his neck, planted a resounding kiss sons rely upon his lips and then bagged the aatontihed young fellow with naire unreserve. "Oh, Jack I" she cried, 'Ta so glad to see you again!" and hugging his. again, backed 08 to get another look. Then, as she gated upon Jim, standing there grinning with delighted embar rassment. the mistake dawned upon I her. She gave a gasp and burled her face In her hands. "Oh," shs exclaimed. "I thought you were my cousin. Jack, that I'd tele graphed to meet me. Ta. I'm (WO oh!" and the damsel hurried awag ta rvwvw,~wv,~v^ "Tonight will be a good tin* to t*U them about my New Ytar's resolu tion." ? s ? ? ? ? ? The cosy little dinner party was or sr. Sister KUp and PhO?"Hub" she patronlsiagly called htm?were tome where out in the beck of the house. They bad left Roger and hit old chum Betty alone tetee-tete In the dimly lit ptrior. i ? How that' girl bad frown and " In lawed" during these Are years that Roger hadn't seen her! Why. she had developed into a positive little peach) What a sensation she would make at one of the club danoast She hadn't forgotten about their old days together, either?recalled lota of little childish intimacies that had slipped even Roger's memor^. Why, those fussy Uttle tendrils of hair curl ing at the nape of her neck were poet 8h# Hadnt Forgotten About Tholr Old Day*. ttrely adorable! Tea. and tboae liquid, mlacbleroaa eye# of her#! Oeooe take ttl what waa that elualre ?cent the oaedT Did It come (rem that fluffy hair, or the gown, or? Roger waa In the midet of telling her about hie resolution to eternal baehelofdom. He bad intended to do it humorously, eptgramoatleally. But the warm, physical proximity of the girl was an Indubitably permeating thing?went to 000*1 head?and that little-pink-nailed, soft hand lying pas sire so near to hie was? "Bo when I got np and remembered that today is New Tear's and my for tieth birthday, I said to myself?" 'Tea, Roger." ? oh, the subtle, amused, encouragement of that Inflec tion. It piqued him strangely. "I said to myself that?" "Tee, Roger?" ? The man stared at bar confusedly and all at once waa aocuslngly con scious that, somehow or other, that soft, warm little hand of her was nest ling comfortably within his osrn trem ulous grip. "Ton were saying, Roger, that you told yourself that?T" "That I "re been needing you for erer so long, dear," mumbled the man, red faced. And' she: "Oh, Roger! What a per fectly lorely New YBar's resolution!" NEW YEAR'S DAY IN CHI^IA Occasion Whan Whola Country la Paint ad Rod?Tlma Whan All DaMs Must Ba Battlad. Now Tear Is the national payday hi China. An acoounts must ba squared up at that time, and the man who can't raise money enough to pay his debts has to go Into bankruptcy. The laws are such that tha creditor can en ter tha debtor's house and take what he pleases it there Is no settlement To prevent auch action famines club together and make all aorta of com promises to keep up the business rep utation of the clan. New Tear Is a great day for the pawnbrokers; their shops are crowded with people who want to redeem their best clothes be fore the New Tear. There are crowds, also, who want to pawn other things In-order to get money to pay their debts. Pawnbrokers receive high rates of Interest, hi which they are protect ed by the government The Chinese paint the whole coun try red, figuratively speaking, on New Year's day, In more senses than one. Red Is the color which with them de notes good luck and prosperity, and all the New Tear cards and invita tions are on paper of that color. Every child gets its New Tear's present wrapped In red paper, and red Inscrip tions are pasted over the doors of the houses. These inscriptions bear characters praying for good fortune, wealth and happiness, and lhay are posted on each side of the outer door of the houses. New pictures of Chi nese generals are put on the front doors and the houses are scoured and ' ' made dean.?Philadelphia Inquirer. | confusion and wad lost In the throng before the lucky Jim had time to re cover hlmaelf and offer to help hunt Couitn Jack. Jlm'i companions were load in their expressions of envy.' And Jim was coploMly loquacious In detailtnc alt the sensations that titillated through him whae those soft arms enciflcled his neck and the fall, red Hps were pressed to his. Jim was a good master Of talk and graphically described It ill " again and again to the minutest de- J tails?bat ho didn't say a word more I NEW YEAR "NEVER AGAINS" Suggestion* for Husband*. Wlvss and All Lovers, Marrlod or Single, That Ars Timely. U you haven't thought up any, bars are a faw timely suggestions: Fur hubby: Never again to apend a moment out of the presence of the wtfe unaccompanied by a trustworthy guardian appointed by her, who win report faithfully all of your doings, even to the irregular quiver of an eye laah, or th* drinking of soda Instead of buttermilk. Never again to be such a brute aa to want to stay at home when the wife wishes to go out or to wtab to go out?by yourself--when wide de sires you to stay at horns In th* bos om, Of your family. Never again to growl, grumble or swear, or pretend to be asleep when the wife pokes you In the back and asks you to walk with th* baby In the middle of the night. Never again to threaten to forbid tradespeople to allow th* wife credit If she and the girls do not oeaas their extravagance?when the monthly bills com* In. Never again to forget to peck wide on the cheek upon leaving her In th* morning and coming home at night, to tell her that her frightful new bon net is a perfect gem, and that her "fourteen-year-old" short dress la al together too old-looking for her youth ful figure. For wide: Never again to make biscuit for breakfast until you have tried them on your own digestion for a few weeks In th* abeene* of the rest of th* family. Never again to notice-pa exchang ing glances with the pretty girl across th* aisle aA th* way downtown. Never again to keep th* lights turned on when pa has been detained downtown "on business," In order to see what time he gets host*, or to Insist on his kissing you that you stay smell his breath. Never again to come to th* table with hair in crimpers and wearing a soiled kimono. Never again to subject pa to spells of lachrymose reproaches, telling him that he doesn't love you any more. For lovers, marrlsd or single: Never to mis* an opportunity to tell the dear odd story over and over again Never to lose th* coquettish elu stvenes* that make* lovers so delight ful to each other. Never again to spsod th* sweets of young lover souls In cheap dlrtations when there Is such a world of real happiness at your command Never to become insensible to the delicious tremblings and fluttering! of your own heart, or to become lax in all of those lovely attentions and giv ing* that help to keep a keen response a-thrill In th* heart of the beloved. Halpa Soma, "Some MU any <Ut mar* worda don't count," aald Uncla Ebon, "bat da fact dat aome foika think enough of you to aay 'Happy Naw Tear" to yon halpa noma." Good-by, Old Yearl f ? GOOD-BY, Old YeaH Wkh words of grace. Leave us wkh him who takes your place, And say. Old Year, unto the New, "Kindly, carefully, carry them through. Far much, I ween, they have yet to da" ?John Godfrey Sam Thalr Reaalutlona. They were young u April as they preued cloee to ? window tall of woo derfnl confection*. "What bod habit* are yon going to glee up tbla New Year?" be aaked. "Ton." aba anawared briefly; "what bad habit* are yon going to giro upf* "Letting ybu hay* your own way," be responded firmly, "*o our angago mant atanda " "Vary wall, than, go la and buy a** that heart-aba pad box of candy." And both Now Year resolution* wont th* way of their kind. The Old and th* New. Another, jrear baa Joined hie ehad trmy fellow* in the wide end rolcelee# deeert of th* peat, where, from th* eternal hour-glaaa forever fall th* ?anda of time. Another year, with all its Jot and grief, of birth and death, of tailor* and aoceeaa, of lor* and hate. And now, the lint day of th* new o'erarche* all. Standing between th* burled and the babe, we err, "Farewell and hall: "?Robert O. lager eoll Look to tko Future. Id roraront crotltode tor tho yooi cone, mir wo torn oar taeoa toward tbo more blooood 70or to cooto. | OSooS -Resolutions I # shout It attar ha came to pay tor the treat end searched through every pocket he had tee hie purse! ?, . ? 1 " For Peoptg Herd of Hearing. The Inventors hare long promised a derlce which will do tor the ears whet spectacles do for the eyes. But, they ere eo slew ta perfect!n)t their device that Instruction In lip reading Is new reeoaaaaaded es the shortest eey t? sui mount the handicap ot doll tearing A league har been organised a New York t? promote Up reading through tit* formation of silent rote* club*. People who ere afflicted with only a moderate deafnea* are aaid to Bad ltp reading a comperstlrety elm pie method of helping them tq orer coming their affliction. flier* are said to be more than lOOJffld of thorn in New York alone. Whit* Crows In Illinois. White crows hare recently been scot by Illinois 'armors.. Hen; sf them ere perfectly white without e single daik feather. -- ekJEsfeare; ~ Mebmtional MM* lnatltut* of CUeogOk) (Owrlikt. lilt. *Hbn N?mp? ViIm. > ? ?- - - ? ? ~ M w mm LESSON FOR DECEMBER 26 JEHOVAH** GRACIOUS PROMISES TO ISNAKL (REVIEW). UMON TEXT? How U GOLDEN TEXT?Jehovah I* merciful ?MSJMtoga. alow to unr, and abundant ta lovlas fcli.diMM.-Paa. M.I R V. The burden of punishment descend sd upon Israel, not because of the vindictive character of Jehovah, but because of the persistent pursuit of ?in on the part of the nation. The lessons of the past Quarter ex tend from the latter dare of Elijah, ?bout tot B. C.. to the fall and cap tivity of Israel (the northern klng *<>?) a c. TM (Beecher), a period of ISO rears. Some contend that the lea SCO for November 14, Daniel at the King's Court. Is chronologically the last and ought to have been put at the sod of the series. During the past Suarter we have studied about six kings, Ahab, Joaah, Nebuchadnexsar. the king of Nineveh. Uxilab and Ho shea; also six prophets, Elijah, 811 sha, Daniel, Jonah. Amos and Hoaea; and one soldier. Nannies. A good method of review would be to have assigned to different scholars or classes each of the foregoing per nonages and to give a report of hla chief characteristics. ' Material for such a review Is easily accessible. An other, method of review would be to take up the lessons serially and In connection with each read some ap propriate 8crlpture verses that will serve to emphasise or to Illustrate ' the chief (act of each lesaon. Lesson I. The weak King jihas (strong In his perversity) Is easily persuaded to do evil In order to grati fy his covetousness. Elijah at Ood's command goes to meet Ahab who cries out, "Hast thou (bund me, O my enemyT" In reply Elijah delivers Ood's word; that word to us is found in Ex. 10:17. (Let each Scripture ref erence be read In full.) Lesson II. The veteran'champion Elijah Is about to go home and his mere youthful follower. Ellsha. has ?no chief desire (see II Kings l:t). which persistently followed Is abund antly rewarded. The lesson for us la found In the master's prayer, John 14:1*. Lssssn III. The stricken soldier, Nsaman. at a child's suggestion, ap peals to Ood's prophet Ellsha, for healing. He Is directed bow be may be cured and after some hesitation returns borne cleansed. The lesson for us Is that of being faithful amid life's experiences and of doing and living for others (see also Roihana ll.-tt, SL> l Lesaon IV. The servant of Ellsha f| very much excited King and camp are la despair, yet the prophet Is sot disturbed. Why? Let us read H Kings I: IT. Remember that Jesus, the master of men. refused to avail himself of like angelic assistance In his great battle concerning sin (Bee Matt 16:U). Chrlstanlty Is a religion of love, not of force. Lesson V. The faithful priest pre serves the rightful king Joash, and makes a covenant between him and the Lord, ria., that prince, priori and people "should be the Lord's people" <H Kings 11:IT). Through the mer its of our high priest there has bean made a better, even an everlasting covsnant (Heb. 11:10. II). Lessen VI. Again refers to the good king. Joash. The neglected temple la restored and refurnished through the liberality of the people. This temple is a type of our bodies, which are spiritual temples (Bph. I:tt), and the lesson for us Is not only the care of the body, but of liberality towards the work aad worship of Ood's house. Leeson VII, This Is the lesson ? which Is chronologically out of order, but Is used for Its temperance applica tion Daniel, the clean youth, staked Ids life and position upon obeying the word of God (Dan. 1:1). The lesson for us la the exhortation of the apos tle Paul (Eph. 5:11-17, see also I Fat. ?:?). Lesson VIII la the foreign mlssion MT laaaon. Jonah'* life itory is not a flattering one. yet whan ha faithful ly proclaimed God's word It wrought a marrelou* tranaformatlon In grant and wicked Nineveh. (Read carefully Matt. 16: 10 and lie. 56:10, 11). Wa are to herald,, witness to the truth and leave the reeulta wlfh God. Laaaon IX preaents Amoa, the stur dy prophet of civic and moral right eousness, the gTeet messenger of tha "tightness" of things (Amos 6:M). The gist Of this lesson for us will be fonnd In tha wotfls of Jesus (Matt. ?:U>, which message wa mast deliver to nl( men in the home land even an ft was Important for Jonah to go to a foreign land. One of the chief eritlctsms and dif ficulties of foreign mission work la that eo-called Christian lands (all so far short of the teachings or Jesus. Laaaon X. Ustlah Is that king who could not withstand prosperity and who. In tha development of his pride (II Chron. 16:6, 16), assumed to dis obey the word of God and brought upon himself a sad punishment God's warnings are many; one for ?4 Is found la James 4:6. Lesson XI. Enter Hoaea. Let tha entire school state the meaaage of the prophet to tha people of Israel, "I will heal their backsliding... I will love them freely" (Hosea 14:4). Than let all recite tha "little gospel" (John 1:16) "For God so loved tha world that ha gave his on!) begotten 8oo that whosoever belteveth In him should not parish, hut have averlastr log life." Mr. 8purgeon once saw a weather cock bearing tha motto, "God la Love." "Is that because God Is ao change able?" ha asked. *? A friend replied. "No, but which ever way the wiad blows. God to love-" J . ?aSt, . t
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