...a Meeting at the close of the year ; and whether I would permit them to come to our house to spend the close of the old and the beginning of the new year in singing and prayer. I not only permitted, but invited them to come. No sooner was my intention known,...

...be a Meeting at the close of the year; and whether I would permit them to come to our house to spend the close of the old and the beginning of the new year in singing and prayer. I not only permitted, but invited them to come. No sooner was my intention known,...

...interest, was the Yule festival of the Northern nations, the ancient Germans, which they celebrated at the close of the Old and the beginning of the New Year. It was sacred to the sun-god Frcyer and his wife Freya. A log of wood, Yule-log, burned upon the hearth,...

..."stock"— -that is, horses, coaches, &c., which he might have on hand, however worthless it might be, at the close of the old and the beginning of the new contract. I well remember the great reduction in the rate of cost of mail-service, from these two items...

...mischief done to the cause of religion, than from personal considerations. For the first time he records the close of the old and the beginning of the new year with words of almost unmixed despondency in his private diary : — " 1850, Dec. 31. — The year ends...

...have been no important failures, and the business has safely weathered the storm. Price conditions at the close of the old and the beginning of the new year, are exceptionally strong, and represent higher valuations in a great many cases than obtained in the...

...regions of light where he cannot find us, though he strike down our bodies. Let our prayer be, both at the close of the Old and the beginning of the New Tear, such as this : "0 Thou that dwellest between the Cherubims, my LOED and my King, my Father and...

...birthplace and home of some of nature's noblemen. He briefly alluded to the holidays that occur near the close of the old and the beginning of the new year, and called upon Mr. AC GOOI>ELL, Jit., who spoke of the estimation in which these days were held in...

...nor dealers being disposed to carry heavy slocks, as was the case a few years ago, and consequently, at the close of the old and the beginning of the new season, the stock of old tea carried over was comparatively moderate, and this fact left the field...

...watch-night. It was an exceedingly solemn and interesting time, chapel full, congregation very attentive. Just at the close of the old and the beginning of the new year, I dedicated myself afresh to God. I am His; I believe the Lord will strengthen me to overcome the enemy,...