The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-01-07
O For the Advertiser
Sentiments for the New Year.

rejecting soul is made to feel the quail.
ties of the different kinds of happiness,
as the months Of another year are recall
ed. and the record of life in them is read.
To those who have been governed by no.
bic principles, who have omitted no du-
ties for the sake of pleasure, and who
have found happiness in relieving the
wants and miscries Of others, and there
! by adding to their cup of happiness, the
memory of the past year must yield a JOY
full satisfaction.
How natural for us to begin the year
with brave resolutions we will promise
ourselves many and great things; we will
VOW to uproot this passion, and overcome
that; we will refine our temper, be more
guarded in our conversation, and perform
all the duties imposed on us to the very
best of our ability. We will court the
company of the wise and virtuous, that it
NAV serve as Il wall-as n protection
agains, the assaults Of the dark slanderer
whose tongue drops deep poison, and who
is always on the alert with smooth and
nat,ering tongue to draw in the unthink-
ing and inexperienced soul to the dark
ways of sin and vanity.
We will VOW within ourselves that life
shall have a good meaning-that we will
be something, and have consciousness
that if the world knows us not--though
we live ever SO obscure, and none TO miss
and mourn us when we are gone, yet God
will take note OF Us and see that we are
working to his praise by increasing hui
! man virtue mans recovery from sin.
Blu, the morning cloud and the early
dew, are embcms OF the transientness Of
all our good purposes.
The close Of the year brings with II
much of sadness, sorrow, and regret
Our souls instinctivcly revert to opportu-
mites lost, privileges unimproyed-how
often we might have smiled when we have
frowned-words Of kindness and sympa-
thy, that would Lave been like mama TO
the starving soul, might have passed from
our lips instead OF the cold words Of world
ly Formally. How many light words
have fallen thoughtlessly from our lips
which have been almost death TO the sem
sllIrc sou.--and dark words Of hypocrisy
have been given III return for trusting and
confding friendship. These are earnest,
solemn thoughts. II is the souls scruti-
nv Of itself. Yet we should be honest
with ourselves, once a year. at least. We
should eudearor to phi the night estimate
Oh what we are, and upon wEa, we arc
not. We should look into ourselves, and
open up every thing to the true light, and
see ii we are acting from RICH, principles,
and how far we are carried forward by
outward influences. Are We what we
seem to be Are we hypocrites, or are
we not
As we review the past year, and re-
call the deaths, they admonsh us that we
too are mortal, and mus, pay the same
trilutr. In the procession Of the dead
which the ensuing year may exhibit, ue
cannot tell whose litcless lody will be
borne in m0mniul silence 10 It's narrow
home. And IS there any thing wrong IN
the shuddcr that naturally comes over Us
when We think Of these thinGs' To
pay for llfe--"Le. my soul live" here In
tins world, dear TO me as the home Of nv
birth; dear as the place where have
known the tenderes, love, where | have
read the PROJECTIONS Of my God, where
man has giorliied his Maker, where there
Is a noble field for the Hottest enterprise
and where there is SO much 10 he gained
hat will assist the spirit % appreciate
ard enjoy that other existence which We
feel, W. know, will surely come There
Is nothing wrong ia this. The earth is
the Lord ) We afc not 50 far from God
rs some would have us think. We arc
no eylles. We ask for life instnctively,
nationally, rehgiously /, is a sin to dc.
sire 10 die l. is questioning the good.