Ephesians 5:15-16 (ESV) Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
Even while we sing, he smiles his last,
And leaves our sphere behind.
The good Old Year is with the past,
O be the New as kind!
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Edythe Draper, Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1992), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "New Year".
