A New Year’s Greeting

I wish you Health enough to make work a pleasure;

Wealth enough to supply all necessary needs;

Grit enough to battle with difficulty and overcome it;

Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them;

and Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished.

I wish you a Cheerfulness that shall make others glad;

a Charity that shall see some good in your neighbor;

a Love that shall move you to be useful and helpful;

a Faith that shall make real the things of God;

and a Hope that shall remove all anxious fear concerning the Future.

I wish you the Dignity which befits the children of God;

the Humility which is needed in every follower of Christ;

the Prayerfulness which develops and enriches the soul;

the Push and Progress which were manifested in the life and labors of our Saviour;

and the Piety and Perseverance which come from the abiding presence and influence of the Divine Spirit.

Reverend William D Smith