DECEMBER 31
"Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
"Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
"Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
"Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
"Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
"Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
"Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
"Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be."
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Accidie, [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100]
Accuracy, [185]
Age, [361], [362]
Appetite for Condolence, The, [310]
Argument, [195], [196], [197]
Art of Being Quiet, The, [30], [31]
As Light enters Darkness departs, [297]
Aspiration, [306]
Back-biting, [190]
Balance, [170], [171]
Bearing Criticism, [155]
Bearing Sorrow, [256], [257], [258], [259]
Bearing Trouble, [322]
Beauties of Nature, [333]
Beautiful, Sense of, [334]
Beauty, The Gospel of, [335]
Being and Doing, [24], [25]
Bereavement, [246], [247]
Blessed are the Happiness-makers, [134]
Books, [339], [340]
Business-like Habits, [36]
By their Works, [272]
Calamity, Sharp Ferule of, [311]
Calumny, [158], [159]
Causes of Thankfulness, [324], [325]
Celestial Surgeon, The, [18]
Character, [138]
Character—
Childlike-ness, [136]
Negative Virtues, [137]
Our Echoes roll from Soul to Soul, [139]
The Right Atmosphere, [135]
Character and Service, [11]
Character of Henry Drummond, [22]
—— R. L. Stevenson, [23]
Cheerfulness, [330]
Childhood, A Happy, [344]
Christian Law, The, [262], [263]
Christianity, Programme of, [275]
Christmas Day, [359]
Christmas Eve, [358]
Circumstances, [12], [13]
Code of Society, The, [165]
Comfort's Art, [92]
Commune with your own Heart and be Still, [33]
Conceit, [162]
Concentration, [38], [39]
Condolence, Appetite for, [310]
Confession of Sin, [288]
Conscience, [150]
Contemptuousness, [181]
Contentment, [318], [319]
Conversation, [193], [194]
Courage, [58]
Courage to be Poor, [355]
Courtesy, [203], [204], [205]
Creed, A New, [274]
Creeds, [267]
Criticism, [155]
Crossing the Bar, [254]
Culture, [202]
Day by Day, [301], [302]
Dead, The, [249], [250], [251], [252]
Death, [253]
Death of Young Children, [248]
Discontent, [316], [320]
Dissension, [242]
Doing more than Feeling, [62]
Doing our Best, [64]
Duty, [46], [47], [48]
Duty of Giving Happiness, [132], [133]
Duty of Happiness, The, [315]
Duty of Physical Health, The, [84], [85]
Duty to my Neighbour, [131]
Education, The Object of, [342], [343]
—— Moral, [345], [346], [347]
Egotism, [164], [192]
Endurance, [43]
Essentials of Happiness, The, [312]
Evil is Wrought by Want of Thought, [69]
Evil of Brooding, The, [305]
Example, [350]
Expenditure, [353]
Faith, [273]
False Impressions, [182]
Falterers, [57]
Family Life, [128]
Fasting, [268], [269]
Faults, [156]
Fear of Failure, [55], [56]
Flattery, [160]
Foot-path to Peace, The, [8]
Forgiveness, [115]
Friendship, [216]-[235]
Gaining or Losing Ground, [303]
God, Manifestations of, [278], [279], [280]
God's Children, [77]
Gossip, [189], [191]
Growing Old, [361]
Grumblers, [329]
Grumbling, [326], [327], [328]
Habit, [140], [141]
Habit of Admiration, The, [21]
Hallowing of Work, The, [70]
Happiness, [132], [133], [134], [312], [315]
Happiness Makers, [134]
Harmony, [15], [16]
Health, Duty of, [84], [85]
Heart, Commune with, [33]
Heredity, [152], [153], [154]
Holidays, [338]
Holiness, [4]
Holy Spirit, [5]
Hospitality, [356], [357]
Humility, [163]
Humour, [331], [332]
Hypochondriacs, [90], [91]
Ideal Guest-chamber, An, [75]
Ideal Level, An, [50]
Ideals, [17]
Idleness, [53], [54]
Ifs of Life, The, [14]
Ill-nature, [118]
Indifference, Sin of, [60]
Influence, [210], [211], [214], [215]
Influence of Great Men, [19], [20]
Interruptions, [73]
Introspection, [290]
Introspectiveness, [289]
Invalids, [87], [88]
Inward Stillness, [32]
Iron Chains of Duty, The, [48]
Irritability, [93], [94]
Jealousy, [236], [237], [238]
Judging, [176], [178], [180]
Judgment, Biassed, [177]
Judgment, Harsh, [175]
Judgment, Sound, [172], [173], [174]
Justice and Mercy, [179]
Law of Love, The Great, [270]
Lessons of Suffering, [89]
Life, Ifs of, [14]
Life a School, [10]
Life after Death, [255]
Life-giver, not Deed-doer, [26]
Limit of Luxury, The, [352]
Living in the Present, [300]
Lord's Supper, The, [276]
Love, [126], [130], [243]
Love, Grace, and Tenderness of Life, The, [363]
Love and Remorse, [239], [240], [241]
Love Unrequited, [244], [245]
Love, Law of, [270]
Luxury, [352]
Magnifying Troubles, [321]
Manifestation of God, [278], [279], [280]
Manners, [206], [207], [208], [209]
Mechanical Work, [74]
Memory, [110], [111]
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano, [83]
Mental Hygiene, [296]
Mercy, [179]
Method, [37]
Mile-marks, [360]
Money, [354]
Morality, Physical, [86]
Morbid Introspectiveness, [289]
My Duty to my Neighbour, [131]
Nature, [333], [336], [337]
Never Lose a Battle, [299]
New Year's Day, [1]
New Year's Eve, [365]
Noble Life, A, [3]
Nominal Christians, [277]
"Not to Destroy, but to Fulfil," [265]
Obstinacy, [157]
Oil and Wine, [127]
Old Age, [362]
One by One, [71], [72]
Open Mind, An, [198]
Order, [41]
Our true Selves and our traditional Selves, [291]
Patience, [124], [309]
Patience with Ourselves, [7]
Peace, [8]
Perseverance, [44]
Pessimism, [79]
Physical Morality, [86]
Pleasure in Work, [45]
Poverty, [355]
Power, [49]
Power of the Holy Spirit, The, [5]
Prayer, [281]-[286]
Prayer, A, [364]
Present Circumstances, [12]
Pressing Forward, [304]
Pride, [161]
Programme of Christianity, The, [275]
Public Opinion, [166], [167]
Punishment, [348]
Purpose, [2], [9]
Quarrels, [106], [107]
"Quench not the Smoking Flax," [212], [213]
Quiet, [30], [31]
Raw Material, [78]
Readiness, [40]
Reading, [341]
Rebuking, [349]
Receptive Side of Life, The, [34]
Reconciliation, [113], [114]
Regulation of Time, [35]
Religion—
The Meaning of, [260]
Pure, [261]
In Daily Life, [266]
Reparation, [116]
Repentance, [151]
Resolves, [287]
Responsibility, [59]
Rest, [314]
Revenge, [108]
Right Use of Speech, [200]
Sacredness of Work, The, [63]
Satan's Opportunities, [68]
Science of Social Life, The, [119], [120], [121], [122]
Secret of the Joy of Living, The, [323]
Secret of Thrift, The, [42]
Seeing one's Life in Perspective, [27]
Self-centred People, [317]
Self-examination, [287]
Selfishness, [125]
Sense of the Beautiful, [334]
Sermon on the Mount, [274]
Service, [80], [81], [82]
Sharp Ferule of Calamity, The, [311]
Silence a great Peacemaker, [112]
Sin, [144], [145], [146], [148], [149], [288]
Sin has its Pedigree, [142]
Sin of Idleness, The, [53]
Sin of Indifference, The, [60]
Sins of the Spirit, [147]
Sociability, [122]
Society, [165]
Soldiers of the Same Army, [271]
Sorrow, [256], [257], [258], [259]
Spectrum of Love, The, [130]
Spiritual Balance and Proportion, [168]
Stepping-Stones, [298]
Struggling, [308]
Sympathy, [123]
Symphony, A, [6]
Temper, [101], [102], [103], [104], [105]
Temperance, [169]
Temptation, [143]
Thankfulness, [324], [325]
There shall never be one lost Good, [307]
Thoughts, [201]
Thrift, [42]
Time, [35]
Time and Method, [37]
To be Trusted is to be Saved, [76]
Tolerance, [199]
Touchiness, [109]
Triviality, [28], [29]
Trouble, [321], [322]
True Patience, [309]
Trustees, [264]
Truth, [183]
Truthfulness, [184], [186], [187], [188]
Unamiable, The, [117]
Unbalanced Memory, [110], [111]
Unfelt Creeds, [267]
Ungraciousness, [129]
Unrest, [313]
Un-self-consciousness, [292], [293]
Wasted Emotions, [61]
Wealth, [351]
Where Love is, God is, [126]
Work, [45], [51]
Work—
Effective Reforms, [65], [66]
Special, For each, [52]
To Cure is the Voice of the Past, [67]
Sacredness of, [63]
Works, [272]