WHEN NATURE'S YEAR BEGINS 



'HE nature lover's year 

 begins in March. That 

 is when God's year be- 

 gins; and any one who 

 loves God's out-doors 

 cannot but begin his 

 year when it does. In 

 the iiistory corner of the 

 library, in the office of the business man, on 

 the engagement list of the society woman, 

 the year may begin on the first of January. 

 But the real year, God's year, Nature's year, 

 begins, for those of us at least who live on 

 this belt of the earth, when the sun crosses 

 the equator. For six months the southern 

 half of the world has had its turn ; now ours 

 comes again. The sun begins to smile on us 

 earlier than this, and we warm up to him; 

 but now the smile breaks into a joyous 



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