The Friendship Book [antikvár]

JANUARY Wednesday—January i. pRANCIS GAY and the Lady of the House would like to wish you every blessing and happiness in this New Year. Now heres a toast to absent friends, God have them in his care, And heres a thought for all we love, and happy days well share, So may we all in this New Year in friendship draw together, That every mile may bring a smile, no matter what the weather. Thursday—January 2. ^ILLIAM WILLIAMS' parents had meant him to be a doctor, but one day, as he sat in church, he suddenly knew he wanted to be a minister. And as a minister he wrote his great hymn for the simple Welsh folk of the Rhondda Valley. Surely no hymn is a better prayer for the start of a new year— Guide me, 0 Thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weaky but Thou art mighty ; hold me with Thy powerful hand . . . Bread of heaven, feed me till my want is ofer. Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow ; Let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through : Strong Deliverer, be Thou still my strength and shield