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house; and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures. — xxxvi. 8.
 * They shall he abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy

NEW year is a nursling, a babe of time, a prophecy and promise clad in white raiment, kissed — and encumbered with greetings — redolent with grief and gratitude.

An old year is time's adult, and 1893 was a distinguished character, notable for good and evil. Time past and time present, both, may pain us, but time improved is eloquent in God's praise. For due refreshment garner the memory of 1894; for if wiser by reason of its large lessons, and records deeply engraven, great is the value thereof.

To-day, being with you in spirit, what need that I should be present in propria persona? Were I present, methinks