So, pondering well the lessons it has taught us,

We tenderly may bid the year “Good-by,”

Holding in memory the good it brought us,

Letting the evil die. (Text.)

—Susan E. Gammon, Christian Advocate.

(2245)

Omens—See [Superstition].

OMNISCIENCE

Here is a sentiment of the Psalms repeated in distant Japan by one who, perhaps, had never read about the all-seeing One who “understandeth our thoughts afar off”:

Take heed unto thyself; the mighty God