A New Year’s Message

I asked the New Year for some motto sweet, Some rule of life with which to guide my feet: I asked and paused. He answered soft and low; Gods will to know. “Will knowledge, then, suffice, New Year?  I cried The answer came, Nay, this remember too, God’s will to do. Once more I asked, Is there no more to tell? And once again the answer sweetly fell. Yes, this one thing, all other things above, “God’s will to love. New Years