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NEW YEAR'S DAY.
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Thou Infinite, Eternal, Omnipresent Being, Thou from whom, in whom, unto whom we live, move, grow and gather, Thou the Lord of our days, Thou the Witness of our ways, Thou the Guide along the course of our lives, praised, thanked, saluted, glorified be Thou of us all ever and everywhere ! The Author of 'our lives, the Ordainer of our destinies the strengthening Power, the guiding Wisdom, the protecting Providence, the fostering Mercy, the cherishing Love, the saving Grace of all, Thou art our own dear God—dear past all computation, dear as the very vitality of our lives, dear as quickening breath as feeling consciousness, as pulsing activity, as perceiviug wisdom, dear unto the rejoicing heart, dear unto the adoring spirit. Thou art so unspeakably dear unto us. Thou art the Substance, the Essence,
