Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1842-01-13
Published every Thursday morning.
:3floral ono Religious.
FOR THE TELEGRAPH.
"a HAPPY NEW YEAR


How forcby ought this simple sentence SO OF.
ten repeated to us this mornng,e fleet minds,
And what field of thought does the announce
rnent of this new open before the rejecting
mind. It's frequent repetition on every hand forces
upon us the conviction that all are aware that
they have entered upon stage in their NOR
tai being. Yet alas, how few consider this day
fraught with any particular interest. To con-
siderable portion of our fellow beings it is pre-
scented in other light than common holiday,
peculiarly adapted for sensual enjoyment. The
year that has past has carried TO eternity many of
their friends and associates. Yet regardless of
the solemn fact that every year we are drawing
nearer t" that period when we shall have 10 rem
der 10 God strict account of the improvement
we have made, not only "of New years day."
but the days of all our years, they hurry forward
ANXIOUS only to note this day a season Of pleas
ure. But let us not SO lightly pass over this i'm
portant point IN the history of our lives.
Anoth r year has performed its round and pas
eed to those long since departed and carried with
it the sorrows aud pleasures which it brought
We have now stepped upon he threshold of anoth-
eT and ere We proceed, does 1t not become Us to
pause und reflect upon the past-we may under
standinsl act aud form purposes for the future by
the lessons we have derived from The past. FOR
retrospecton 10 period in lives Is belter
adapted. Many OF the events Of the past year
winch have transplred in relation TO ourselves Is
proudly passed IRON our MINDS and long snce
been buried " "tiie wave o. lorgetIulness winch
AIDS, too often covers those eVentS ia the history
OF our ives best calculated to DO good b. retro
spectlon Yet t.lere ~ enough oi the past wAich
can be recalled to enable form an Is liate OF
cur characters Happy indeed are llusc whose
ietroap. ct'on presents 40 images productive OF
remoise. But even il retrospe snnu.d be
attended VITA the faithful aunionitions of con-
scencc we had better take survey nov OF tie
past year and our past lives than when such la
vorabie periods Tor commencing IA new lie shall
have passed and purposes 0! amendment iruitless.
THIS therefore is season itaught with no CON
mon interest. Ere this year shall have flown
we like thousands the past may be called to stand
q. the bar Of God. - happy year may
greet the ear Of others but my never again our
own. Others at the commencement of the past,
like 10 live as ourselves are now slumbering in
the silent dust, before another season like this
nay have also passed away. How great the ne
nrss,ty thea of redeeming the time and wherein
we have done wrong the past year strive to amend
during this flour conduct has rendered The past
year Of our lives cherries and unhappy, let Va
nov purpose to act this year in a different man,
ner If on the contrary the past year has been
to US Season Of uninterrupted happiness let
look well to the cause and If our happiness has
been derived from God and is the fruit Of well
doing we may now dedicate ourselves to
God and commence the year with firm deter
mnation "to press toward the mark of the high
calling that is in Christ Jesus" But if our hap
piness is drawn from worldly source, Jet us now
even now, before it is TOO late awake from this
dean of worldly pleasure and commence this year
as becomes practitioners for that eternity to
which we now one year nearer than we were
when 81 happy new year last greeted our ears. d.
Jan /, l642.