VoL BATTLE CREEK MICH JANUARY THE NEW YEAR PEAK softly The old friend is passing away Who led us thus far up the steep winding slope And cheered us through many a cloudy dim day By pointing us on to the beacon of hope Tread gently speak softly I The old friend departs He speedeth away to the home of the years And what though the record he leaves on our hearts Be bright with our laughter or dark with our tears We can make of each sorrow or jo
VoL BATTLE CREEK MICR PACIFIC COAST EDITION JANUARY THE THREE KINGS kings came riding from far away HREE Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar Three wise men out of the East were they And they traveled by night and they slept by day For their guide was a beautiful wonderful star The star was so beautiful large and clear That all the other stars of the sky Became a white mist in the atmosphere And by this they knew that the coming was near O