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sweet incense had to be offered every morning. Oh ! I wish that I could be sure that in all your homes it is offered still. So were the Levites “every morn ing to thank and praise the Lord” ; and so, still more, should we. For every morning brings its blessings; yes, even the morning that breaks in sorrow j and deepens in sadness. Every morning brings its cares; the daily round, the com mon routine, a thousand little things. There are three hundred and sixty-five just such days in every year, and in br- der that “day unto day may utter speech” of good work done, and a holy life lived, “Before each morning breaketh, My soul would seek Thy face.” — Rev. J. B. Figgis.
The New Year Freighted with laughter and tears, suc cess and defeat, shine and storm, the old year has joined the long list of things that have ceased to be. But a glad new year, bright and young and hopeful, fresh from the hand of God, - is at hand. And what does it mean to the poor, plodding children of men? It means opportunity. It means another chance. It means that we can “try again.” The page as yet is clean and white. If we are wise, we will be careful and cautious as to what we write on this new page. We should study the old record and weed out those things that cause us re gret: The evil thought, The unkind word, The deed of anger and revenge, The unworthy motive, The ignoble aim. Shall we not fill this splendid new year so full of things that are fine and pure and good, that all little, hurtful elements will be crowded out? Make it your biggest year ! Load it with Christian service, with deeds of love. What you get is a small matter. What you give—this indeed is priceless. For, like the cargo o f an outbound ship, the thoughts, words, deeds of 1930 will await you over there !— E. C. Baird. — 0 — A Puritan New Year Custom Some “Old Heights” families of New England ancestry still practice on New Year’s Day a Puritan custom which was probably brought over from England. It is that o f opening the family Bible, hap hazard, and taking the first verse seen as one’s motto or text for the new year. In the days when morning prayer was the habit in every family o f' quality, the fa ther acted as minister (or the mother, if he was unable), and the servants were invited and always expected to join, the prayer being lengthened by this petition : “And now, O Lord, on this first day of the year, guide thou the hands which reverently touch Thy Book that they may open it aright. And guide Thou the eyes which search the Scriptures that the text found may be one to aid, comfort, and spiritually strengthen each of us through out the year to come.” Then, rising from his knees and clos ing the Book on which his folded hands had rested, the father would say: “ Let each finder of a text take it into the mind as well as the heart, and think about it earnestly, considering how it may apply on the government of the individual’s con duct for the twelve-month, for, remember this, ‘As a man thinketh so is he.’ ” Then each person opened the Book, found the text, and closed it again for the next to open. The verses and chap ters were noted by the father, and the list was afterward studied by the aid of commentaries. This family service was concluded by the singing of some stir ring hymn, as, for instance, “Head of the Church Triumphant,” when all were ready for the Dutch custom o f New Year’s calls.^-5Wected. .
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