The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-01-19
For the jasper Courier.
Reflections.

For the jasper Courier.
Reflections.
NEssBs. FDIroRs:-Agsin has another
year passed away never more to return
Again we have advanced step nearer TO-
Eternity. and still march swiftly on to the
same music and tune, (Time.) Every sec.
ond. every minute. hour, day. and even week
hies BY scarcely noticed; but when the last
day of.the yesr arrives. We stand still with
wonder and amusement at the swiftness
with which the year has gone by. And here
il would be good plan for every one 10 re-
fleet At this time what they have done To-
wards preparing to meet the lest day Of their
lives. when going from THE into the oihPr
world. into Eternity, there 10 meet the gtes,
Judge, and account for all the sins done in
Time. Let every one reject what they have
done, and what they have LETT undone, and
commence with the beginning Of this year q
better life; 90 that when the sound Of the
trumpet awskes us on the great day Of iudg-
ment. we can stand without fear before the
Judge.
Chrstmss and New Years day are happy
days In the world. and they bring back to us
many happy recoIIections Of our childhood,
and yesrs gone by, happy. indeed. But how
many are there now who enjoyed the hoIi.
days just past. as happy a. short time sgol
A glance around us Will answer the question
fully. ! am victim Of the world. one who
neglected with each new year 10 turn new
leaf, and y hat vast difference there Is il
your holidays and mine, You enjoy oil the
} Iiberties and happiness that men can enjoy
lin your family circle and q home. Thers
} are your wife and little ones gathering srouns
Iyos, awaiting the looked for Christmas O
! New Years gift, their sweet, musical voice.
greeting you with merry Christmss-'
HAPPY New Year. There you meet you
friends with the same happy result. and jol
and happiness reign all bout you, aud max
,Iyou happy indeed. But ls, me guide you i
my apartment, aud you viii shudder; col
chill win run through your frame. Enie
with me dark gloomy cell Of the State
Prison, and see for yourselves. Could som
Of your readers also take peep q il in goo
time, sh. sir. il would save many who o.
now lescing . dissipafed and lswless III
Iron future pining, agony, shame and dis
grace. Whs. striking picture you NEE
/ There, and oh. whst contras.! Here yo
see the victims Of crime. some repenting IN
srieving over the past, but many, yes. 70
many, are careless about the future, and sti
adhere 10 their old and bad habits.
No pen can describe the feelings Of on
whom you, and some Of your readers. ono
knew in happier days, when he also forme
one Of the family group gathered around Ii
big FIRE place, and chatted u the happy ho
lidsys. aid enjoyed al The goods thereof
with his little family around him, lookin
sxiously for happy future. No, cir. .
mortal being can describe the feelings {
= that convict. lie 10 robbed Of oil elrihI
lcnjoyment; ne does not meet the sweet ga
O. OF his beloved wife; be 10 beyond the soun
y OF the merry voices Of the babes; and eve
his friends that he used 10 mingls with. a
mot near him; his old gray headed parent
worn down through grief, are perhaps II
oniy ones more strongly attached % him, b.
are silent spectators, and me,hinks he
them even now sighng and lamenting ov'
re the unhappy fate Of one Of their family, ai
the possibility Of not meeting him any mo
erin this world. And let me ask you, is the
!. anything more painful TO . christian Eco
vicrs) father than this! snswer, there
n \ not. Am righ,s Still ! hope for : bett
. :. future, and Willingly suffer oil these tri'
" " through this cold world; and ! have the I
surance Of our Lord and Savior, who car
to this world to save repentans sinners, th
oil Who believe in Him shall have everis
ing happiness. II il my earnest and since
,ss wish and hope that We may oil meet there
Il.
IsprAxA STATE PRisoH, Jan. 1, 1859.
oil Correspondence Of the Jasper Courier
bly, INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. z, 1853.