We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called "Opportunity" and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.
We meet today,To thank Thee for the era done,
And Thee for the opening one.
For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.
Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,
With never a thought of sorrow;
The old goes out, but the glad young year
Comes merrily in tomorrow.
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
Each age has deemed the new born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
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