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6 MAGAZINE SECTION Devotional 11 Another year goneo How time flies!" 11 I'd like to help 1 but I don't have the timeo 11 "Why don I t you come to see us? 11 "Sorry, we just don't seem to find the time these dayso" At the year's end we be come conscious of the passing of time and of the fact that it is one -of the most i mportant assets that God gives us to spend. ~he steward- ship of t i me is most i mport2r _t - the way in which we manage our timeo A Christian_ should know that he is answer able for the use of his time, as certainly as he must account for the use of his abilities and his financial resources. To hear us talk, it would seem as if the earth's rotative speed had been accel- erated in our generation, so that there i s l ess time in a day than in our father's timeo But are there fewer hours in the day, or are those hours shorter? Our clocks do not record any change. As a matter of fact with modern means of transportation and . labour-saving equipment we actually have more free time at our disposal than has· ever been the case in past history. The modern Christian must choose how he will spend his time and be the manager of it to the end that his spirit shall grow in wor- ship and in fellowship with other people, and in helping his fellow man . He will be conscious of the fact that al l his time is to be spent as 11 unto the Lord." Out of this life I shall never take Things _of silver and gold. I makei All that I cherish and hoard away After I _leave, on this earth must stay. Tho' I have toiled for a pai1ting rare, To hang on the wall, I must l eave it there. Tho' I call i t mine and boast its worth, I must give it up when I l eave the earth. All that I gather and all that I keep, I must leave behind when I fall a sleep And I often wonder what I shall own In that other life when I pass alone. i·.fhat shall they find, and what Shall they see, in the soul that .Answers the call for me? Shall the Great Judge learn \Jh -n my task is through That my spirit has gathered some riches, too Or shall at last it be mine to find That all l'd worked for, I'd left behind? Prayer of Confession Eternal Fathor,· we bow before you seeking forgiveness for the wrongs in our lives. If we have grievances, if we are jealous, if we are resentful, Father forgive and ·help us. If we have gone back on our worli or forgotten our promises, or have been dis- honest, Father forgive and help us. Hel p us to see and admit al l our faults and mal(e amends where we can, through Jesus Christ our Lord. The New Y ee.r "Oh! for a light ! a light! I cried As I stood at the gate of the year. The old year ended I t r ied and tried, The future I face with fear. The year before lies v 0 iled and dark, Its pathway all unkown., How shall I face the f uture stark? My soul within doth groan. Then came a vo ice throughout the gl oom, Fear not, God lives, and He 1,Jill guide you through the New Year's room However dark it be. Go take His handi His ~rm secure Will l ead the unkown. 1~':1y 7 Better than light; ·tho 1 shalt endure, He is thy Strengthf thy Stay. 11 Rev. D. rfoTavish