The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-01-14

ner and suggestor as you strive ON
ea,tn.
'.so believe, and my life will sttost
my enrnestness. Good evening"
'.Gnod evening and good fortuner
lie went his way. Hours since. Be
fore u is the pen he left us. A plain,
ure gnld pen. When comes the New
sfear W.. may write withit, but not t
tiiis one. which SO long has bcen will
ing servant, shall be used up. But it
has its history--as every little article
We ran rest the eye upon has--as we all
have.
o! The historiesi Who but Goh
knows that alU
The pen with which we now write
the little gold band on our finger the
clean glass inkstand befpre us THAT
beautiful parer weight those beautiful
ronZe ornaments on our drsk-that lit
lie cruoked pin on the tioor everything
has its history. in itself and in connec
tiom with something else.
Som. dav we will write our history
for f,w friAni to real. Mt for AL.
for not all ca appreciate moiives. No,
all care tn know when they have histo-
res Of their own.
Thnkint! The week has gone.
new morn has come. Oar young l1thd
Sho c4iteu /, not iier.. The pen he is't
is bcfne n., reany for work, as lie Is
,sny.
IL. said he was really t" e5in hir.-
ih.n - will succ, ed. And we, 100,
are ready.
tn. Sew Year is upnn rs. There Is
work 10 do. We enter npm u earnest
" With M fear as to r.snlts or OF 'he
;, future. joys uiay or my not come :
,v,. r,I work On tne.a.ae. Misery, S"r
, row, agony, trounie. sickness, nisi'r-
i, tunn IN v ,.nni--. . her are t''uS si'"''
,ull I've. W. wlli irg Ia "void t'l"hi :
:, 10 ~ live ~ to rSc p more t''"n c''h'''
Il, u rom acts of"th.rs. Thu we sl'''
have ~ re.iIurSF, or regret fr ACT ~ oh'
: avn. but vii e ,cl i,y grow stronger III
!. we'll doing.
lIe il r,n1y 10 bexiu life in earn"st. =
IT. lie ms studied. lie has passed from nt
/. up:reniicc tn IN Freedom Of TIL" w"rk'
sh"r. IL. eau Now instrdrt others ant
.ur.xst g., Ih ,se VIII are irving 10 reacl
a uositInn liz is litt6i la ent"r mp N. ~
m,' an apprentices, but ever student
y Wa. TOO, are really to enter upon the
II NV wear and its dntirs. This may Ut
&. our last Saturday Night. But or thost
t. v. love. we wish il were. The r1u5h
+. fools of the apprentices have been used
= .e are rea lv tn enter another room t'
: continue labor at any time. TIL We ar'
q called we shall work here mnre arc
y more. earnestly. Perhaps those we love
II Will be ready t., enter upon the ne" veal
IS ,,f .xiS.enc. with us. Tnat Will lie hap
e pincss. for it is not so pleasant to worn
81 alone
=" S,metinps. as tonight. we can r'a
u thu. won knen in the grant, workroo"
l; l,pynl ,urnfprenticeship Sometim"'
II Ihy come and tell us nll about "ha
e they are doing, and what for, AMI wh'
for. Sometimes they come, or one
e cnmeS from their numl er, and tells ~
r tnar all we write is read Over There a.
j, h~rr-that sometimes we ~ rite wor'i'
= which a:e real by those who have gone
Il l,,lor-, ami they look sad and still the,
read the better onss, which are NOR
a from the heart than the head-the oni'
n. ones thar have weight in the beautiful
= Eternal.
n mi this much we know. There Is a.
r. apprent,ce>hip here, there is gr'a
workshop there. All Theses great lnVen
10 iinns are planned there-suRgt sted to !"
:, h.-e. .ud thus we work with those VIII
. work with us; though often we know !
/, not. We do not create thoughts. Cos
M ulnue in tue creator. 1t We pause in ou
,t work nr wri ing to think nt and withii
IL urs.iyes. We cannot think. We mu
~ keen step to progress. 1t Will I've 4 ori
is Gus worKIns there. Eternity Is 10 r"
snri for idlers. There will b. other du
T, ties than singing l.ymnS and walking ii
a. pru.essions. Each uf IA will live, nn'
work. aud lie nItdD uSef, in tue heN
YEAR of the new life 1here VIII bc II
prison-ppn OF lire 10 c'nsum- in spitt
in the grad wnrk-roUm of the Eler
.. nal.
Onr frisni j. roniilcnt that with III
!, new week and t:r New Year i,- will en
Ter ulnn a new life. lie has beeh toll
30. His reasim tlis him ~. The worl
there ls to t,e done tells him 81!
,o shall v = ali work ,'ver There. III
"a no. n iuxser hose hea is goGi Will b
nj work thpr. while tue iirh perso
: " os.. hear is not good vi he tausi
and schu III iii. it is. ne AL shaii J.
busy Ia the industrious future. W
lu snail go ison the winSs If the wino
with plnns.t oughis. lucas. suggestions
rn Inventions lOve, tiora'yy forgive
ness. humiliation, snd lessons the reii
ui n nf Christ nloic ihsn.uf nan; till i
II time the world will he better. and III
e. m,lI,nns of worlds God hns. ~ he ha
to this. shall lie better. aud better. ami bel
/ Il ter. aud h it"r, "a we shall errnest,
r. strive. to- i. from This blessed .Safu;d't
:" N,ght-"BnIcK" PoMEEoy s.-Sestarid
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