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met the OLD MAN who stood at the gateway of the year and asked for a light, that I might tread safely into the unknown. He told me to go out into the dark and place my hand into the hand of God, that I would find that better than a light, and safer than a known way.” I love that quotation, but is it a little trite from over-use; or maybe suffering from that ‘familiarity breeds contempt’ bit? Let’s examine it.
The OLD MAN seems a little out of order. We picture the New Year as an infant while the\)ld year is slinking off into oblivion. Maybe both stand at the Gateway of the Year for an instant. It is well to ask for guidance as we approach the New Year, the UNKNOWN. Light? “Lift up the light of YOUR countenance upon us.” “Into the dark-” We are taught that with God there is no darkness at all, that in the Eternal City there is no need for the Heavenly bodies, ‘for God Himself gives light.’ “Hand of
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