In Christian Science, "we take no note of time," except for the convenience of external earthly life. That is, in eternity there are no time-divisions; just as in one planet the year may be ten times our twelve months, while in another the year will not equal three of our months.
How, then, shall we speak of the New Year, the year 1886, upon which we have now entered? We should regard it simply as a symbol of transition from poorer to better.
New Year's might as well be reckoned from May-Day as from the first of January. Nay, what is January, but a convenient name? There would be more sense, one would suppose, in reckoning the year from the summer or winter solstice (June and December 21) or from the vernal or autumnal equinox (March and September 21,) than from the present date, which really marks no natural change, and no special point in the terrestrial or celestial orbits.
