Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1902 — The Annual Greeting. [ARTICLE]

The Annual Greeting.

“A Happy New Year to you!” This Is the greeting which is heard on every side as we cross the threshold of the new year. It has become a custom to repeat it. In many cases it has little meaning, and is nothing more than an empty compliment or an idle wish. How much do you mean

by it? It is very easy to repeat the formula. It Is a very simple matter to buy a New Year’s card and enclose it in an envelope. But when you send this greeting, or speak it, do you regard it as a pledge or promise that you will do nothing to make the recipient of it unhappy, and that will do all in your power to relieve his anxieties and bring gladness to his heart?—Baptist Union.