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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jan 2, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 1.

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The New Year

By Editor

THE editors of the REVIEW AND HERALD earnestly desire for each of its readers a happy and profitable new year. The Lord, in his infinite mercy, has brought us to this new period of time. We face many new and perplexing problems. We know not what strange experiences await us. But we may be assured of this: If we commit our way to the guidance of our Heavenly Father, he will see to it that we are given strength to meet every demand.
The last year has brought to each reader a variety of experiences. As we look back, we are cheered by the joys that came to us; we are filled with regret for the mistakes and failures. Wherein we have given place to sin, let us acknowledge our wrong-doing, and resolve that in God's strength we will rise above our weaknesses in the year to come. Let us not spend time in useless repining over the past; it is gone forever; we can not recall it. It is proper, however, that we should learn lessons from its experiences.
The times in which we live, the cause of truth and work of God, will make upon us large demands for the future. We shall need heavenly wisdom, strong faith, broadened vision, and large hearts in order to meet these increasing responsibilities. In the year to come, let us study the Word of God faithfully; let us pray much; and as we pray, let us believe, accepting God's promises and acting as if they were so. This simple faith will make them so in our lives.
"Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."