Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-29
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ny CHARLES DICKENS

magic finp, l. Fl nothing onl for us tn mis- or
g. ok hound ~. ether al ar home eujopment
affections, and hopc-;ptouped every th'ng AID
every ON. arou"d the Christmas FIRE: aud u'lde
the little pietnrc SHINING IN 'nr bright young
eyes, complete.
Trrnr=, anp perhaps. al 81 soon hrn o.
thauehl, ~. rrapcd ihat uarr"W boundary !;
wien there uas some u I (vcry dear. "
thuu In th.n ,erv hrnuliinl, and absolutely
peri c uanrirg to The fullnesS Of our haPPl.
ness, uhen w. we're wanting too lor W.
thou. hi 81, which did Just rs w'l) at the
Chr,lmas hearth hv viii h that soulc one SIT;
aud when We cuwiaed with every Mfeatb
aud gallald ofour life lnat some ones name.
Thai Wis L. time for the brl lht visionary
ChrslInasrs " hlch have long arisen from us
To .hew iainllv, after summer rain IN the pa
lest edge oi III" rainbow. That WAS the lime
for The eaullnl enjoyment o. the thugs TINT
were 10 be. and never wefe, and YET the thing
thar were 80 real in our resoutc hope, that II
" ould be hard to say now What realllles
ACHE, ed since have been stronger.
What Dad that Christmas never really
come whcn we aud the priceless pearl OF
our Young choice we're received after The hap
pic,t Of totally impossible marriages, by the two
united Families previously at dag .ors draw OH
our Hcc0ul w ltn Dloihtis anu N'@'''o-l'i.'' !"
" ho had always been rather cool to us before
our relationship was effected perfectly doted on
us and when mlhcrs aud mothers over" "helmed
MS with unlimited incomes?-Was that Christ
mas dinner never really caten, after which we
arose, and generously and ,loqurnlIy rendered
honor.to our late rival. present inthe company,
and thcrr exchau9iug friendship aud torglve
ness, nnd founding AN artachmcn lot to he sur
4 al. I1T e Ia.
sisted until death? II IS thu same rival long
ceased IL care for tn u sanne priceless pearl,
ard married for money, aul become ner. on,?-
Above all do wc really Know now that we
should probably have been ml7crnhle II we
had Won aud worn the pearl. and that we are
better without herl
That Christmas when We had recently a
chie,ed 80 much fame; when we had been
carried in rrumph somewhere, for doing
solncLiao srrat and good when WIN an
homo ei and ,nnohld d name. and arrived and
v,r, T., I'D II, home in show er of'rars of
io> i, II possible that Chriamt has MT come
yr!
An l. our life here, al the best, so consilln-
ted hi pushing a. we advance al such a no.
,ir.nbr mile stone IA he Track as this great
nirIl,.da.. We looked on the things thar never
we're ~ nltnra'l aud { IL rs grnvrly as ON the
,hin : flai have been ani are gone, or have
been AID sill are? In he So. and 50 II seems
~ h.. mast We come 10 the conclusion, thai
life Is tie better than n dream, and h1tl"
worth the loves and st,iyiogs that We crowd
ruto Il
No' Far be such ml-oall'd philosophy,
from MS, d ar r,ader. on CHrs mas by =
Nearer AMI closer To- . 4 heart he the CHRIST
ma spirit which i The -pl.i, of tive Use
rnln IS, per eve aucc, ch,efinl di .char-e "i
dut.. kindness an { rbepllnce? 1t Is II The
last virtues rsprriIll thai We are or shoold
hc strengthened hy the unaccomplshel US
ions of our youth; !or, who SHALL say that thet
are mol our teachers to deal gently even With
the inpapal.lr nothiugs II the earth.
Thrrcf,rr, as wc grow older, let rs be
more lhaakful thit the circle of"ur Chns'm IS
as.ociatlon, and OF the lesson thai they lnlns
cxp,nds Let us " clrome every one oi them
IN summon rhcm to take Their places by the
Ch,i,rua, heath.
Welcome. old aspirations, gIitering crea-
lures Of an ardent innc>, TO your places un
,lerneat, the holly! eknow you, and have
not orrlived You yet. WrIc mo old projects
and old loves, however tieeling To your 400 ks
among the stsadi,r Ii hts that burn around us
Welcome al toat was ever real to our hearts
and f1r tn. earuestness that made You real,
thanks to Heaven? Do We build no Curst
mas castles in the clouds nowl Let our
thoughts, nutcring like butterflies among these
flowers of children, bear Witness?
Before this bow there stretches out future,
brighter than wc ever looked on IN our roman
tic lime. bnt bri sht with honor and with truth.
Around lbis little head on which the sunny
curls lie hraprd. the graces spori,as Pretniy as
airIly, as hen there vas no sct the Wl''ln 'he
reach of time to shear away the curl' of our
first love. Uron another girls face near It
placider but smiling bught-a q"lrt and CON
tented lirle face. We see home fairly written
Shining from the word, as rays shine from
star. We zee how. when our graves are o'.'
other hopes than ours are young other heart'
,b,n our. are moved; how other waves are
smoothed; how other happiness blooms ripenS
and d.ca,s--no, not decays, for other homes
and other bands OF children not yet IN beng,
nor for ages yet TO be, arise and bloom and
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