American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-12-31

Tnan if the thunders of the spheres
Pealed forth its march to mortal ears"
This is the last day of the year. A few hours
longer, and eighteen hundred and forty-five--
! a child Of Time that has been with US daily and
hourly for nearly twelve months-wll have
mingled with the shadows of the past. Its Joys
. and its sorrows-its hopes and its disappoint-
ments-its good and its evil will, except in
their effects or influences, live only in the
chambers Of memory-and the records of his
tory. There is, perhaps, no more appropriate
season for thoughtful reflection for review of
the PAST with reference to its influences upon
the PRESENT and the FUTURE, than at the close
of the year. The progress of time is so steady
and unwaverlng-day succeeds day in such
Irregular order, that we grow familiar with the
diurnal changes, and pay little heed to the
hours as they pass. But at the close of the
year, it is the custom Of the man of business to
glance at his profits and losses, to review and
reyalue his stock, and thus to ascertain, as
nearly as possible, his pecuniary position in the
world. This is wise, prudent, an almost
indispensable rule; and if such review may be
regarded as necessary with reference to mat
tiers of strictly business nature, is it not equal
I ly important that we should take some retros-
pect as to our intellectual and moral progress,
as to our advancement in the nobler elements
of our nature, in the sympathies the virtues
and the affections, which prove our superiority
over the brute creation and the proper exer
else of which is essential not only to our mortal
but our immortal destiny. Time is ever pro-
gressive. lie never turns to retraCe his steps.
We may repent OF misdeeds, and determine to
reform. We may. looking back at the past, be
warned bv its errors and false steos. Int the
records OF that past CAN never be erased from
the mind of the Great Eternal. although bv
. our subsequent conduct we NAV win mercy
and forgiveness. On-on-the wears follow
, each other, RAPIDLY. inevitably, We NAV not
B zee they,-we NAV he Indifferent with r3onrd
to their nrogress and forgetfil of their nan
ence. Hnt nnvprFheIo.s Tine is constantly
,vorkin,. chonres IN nc and onr, 10 hrrryinrr Ne
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