The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-01
1868.

1868.
The old year has gone. aud once more
we are called Ia welcome the incoming
Ola SUCCESSOR. IL seems but yesterday
.irzf Ne paid similar court To 1857. aud
VIE fail t. realize that since then whole
twelve month has rolled round, bring
log 10 ~ "a spring. Summer, an Au.
tumu aud u Winter again, and along
with them their incidents 81 seed time
aud harvest. sunshine and storm. and
ali those events Of life among us aud
around a.. that now constitute the cal
sudar OF year.
A. ws now for thr hrst time. place
aide 10y side the new figures Isds, and
think how short will be- their annual
how brief their importance. chronology
icAlly-aud how iittlu they viii signify
ia tHr ycsr- to come, wo cannot but
recall tLuss words which 80 impressive
~ remind us that only tho earth
abidan forever" aud also thoHr lines
Whlrb toll az that
"itmr lliEo an ever rolling stT-Su.
Beans All tta -nuUilr-ls sans away.
Thee who Lav. reached ustu-ed
y-ura ere naturally more inclined to
, ,nth lseE ia uscir 'yemar,-- thFu to 70
farwaid lu thrlg suJicipstiuu- GA a day
like this. The great lesson Of life that
they hsy. learned Has been lho truth
of tue pr"oep, len ou record thousands
OF Year ago, that ''iho thing that hath
bsan b. that which shall -b-. aud there
- nU'utnE new under the sun Aud
although 10 liz true that
''uOps " uns. eternal tu the human breast,
AMI man never u but gls.sha o. o. best,
Yes lti- ais, tue thn, az the years roii
on. leaving on our bTow- aud la uuf
hearts. their marks OF care, OF struggle.
Of dIsnpp0intmant and misfortune, we
eessn u picture an Elysiau n-ld la
ths prospective where, when rvsch-
ed, We shall be- happy. 'EHp'ri'
sucs lends every year To work
just estimate Of existence ia thc
mlut ofoVtfy Intelligent rud reflective
person. aud 10 Impress upon all -ucu
this csrtaiuty that tao average OF our
-s5i5Fmcuts must necessarily nr about
the sHns. They arc the wisost who
learn earliest mot 60 live in the future,
but e. take Tor granted that the whole
Journey will have very nearly u,
equal proportions OF lights aud shin,
dowa. They are tho fortunate one,
who do not, iu dciusivc strusgir fol
the future, iutiivg upon themselves Huet
rvareItui incidents - may make tha
uuNr. svcu les enjoyable than tn,
eaent. Toe sears Of nie wo ,suuo
. hope to escape, only les them he honor
able scar-.
One Of the anoisut philosophers WA
accustomed To- onjoin upon hi, follow
ora remembrance ol the fact that .
proper liic was AWAY. a balance gains
ltsalf at every stage uf to aud under al
aiToumstauccs, II was 10 be their ain
Co % discipline thcmsolVcs ~ to enjoy
the present. aud to b. neither regret
ting the past nor awaiting tho future
Hs pr.sodbed tor thom a. motto fo
every DAY these words. "Tbl- TOO shall
pass away" Whatever might bv tbou
measure OF fortune or misfortune thel
were e. bear in mind those words. ant
rrmcut.ct that thv Journey OF lie Wal
aloug a highway bright ~ tim'- viii
sunshine, aud overcast At other hmv'
Ntsh clouds.
PIutsrch. Ia his ltde OF S,lcn, hs'
told us ut a GLASS ~ persons who cat
never sainy a prv-ent good, "bgcaus,
OF thpir approximations. aud the real
anguish IbyY aud Ia couslicring that
va tims. they may D,. deprived OF it,
We sPprrurui, however, thai this elias,