Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-01-05
Correspondence Of lie lSeatind.
Unity. .

DECEMBER 80, 1871.
Mr. Eaitor, One more short day and the
| Old Year will have passed away, never again
to return, and with it how many thousands Of
the human family have passed away into the
eternal world How many thousands who
joyfully witnessed its opening, and whose eyes
sparkltd with the hriliancY Of happy youth,
and whose cheeks were aglow with the bloom
of health, aud whose vigorous, sawnrt frames
seemed To lid defiance TO diseAsc and death,
are now sleeping beneath the cold sods Of the
quiet valley How many eyes hat twelve
months ago opened 0pon the New Years ris-
ing SON. and bched nature in aI the glory Of
her winter scenery her exquisite paintings
and her beautiful carvings, are now forever
closed 10 all the loneliness with which she
ever adorns herself
Alas, alas Or the many thousands who
have passed into the spirt-world, within the
last twelve months, how muny have fallen
victims Of the Intoxicating bowl, and result
ing thcrefrom, how many were victims Of "A
broken heart How many fell victims OF the
murderer's poniard actuated by misfortune,
or some misunderstanding at the card table
and how many us the victims Of the midnight
assassin
As the New Year dawned upon MS how
many good resolutions were formed that have
been too sadly broken since How many
hearts bowed as wolshippors Of the Great
Am, who have since folsuken The way Of the
Cross cruchgd the Saviour afresh, and are,
to-day, the worst Of the bad the yilest Of the
vile But does the Old Year furnish us
nothing pleasant for meditation? Yes. Yon-
der, in mid-winter, heard the ploughman'
merry whistle as he upiurned the matted sod
in preparation for The Spring crops and as
the gentle April showers fell, aud he genial
rays OF the morning sun kissed the face OF the
earth, heard the merry laugh of the farmer
as he went forth to pitch the oat and the corn
crops. And when in May, | stood and gazed
around me upon her loveIincss, ! hehed the
earth covered rs with green carpet and the
peach and apple orchards painted with such
beauty, as only nature can paint, and baihed
in such fragrance rs Ot4ly nature herself can
produce. a little further on, when June
brought the heated rays Of the noon-daY- sun
in contact with the Garth, and the waving
wheat fields thereby became tinged with ripe
ness, | beheld the farmer as be went forth to
reap The golden harvest. And whcn Autumn
came on lreghted with the fruits of the sum
mcr, | saw the farmer as he again went forth
to reap the reward OF his honest labor. And
now, the crops have been gathered, and our
barns stored with hay, our cribs with corn,
our granaries with " beat and oats, and the
repositories OF our dwellings, with the luXurl
Gus fruits Of Autumn.
Through the goodness Of God we have been
fed and clothed through the past year, and arc
now saiely housed ana secured rom suffering
curing 'he eo'd stormy 'ias'S OF m!u-"l"'eF'
Churchrs nave nfeh erected IN when we are
permitted 10 worship me GIPer o. an our Roou
gifts School-hOHses and institutions of learn
ing in general, have been established, IN
which we are permitted 70 educa'e our cnil-
drcn. ouEnt We NOT 10 oe lnahhiul 10 GOO
ana praise nun rom me dep'hs OF our hear'S
ior oestoWihg sneh lheslimaoie dressings
ana taking such Iathefly care OF us, WINE
man! OF our ieiloWrnelnGs h".e oceh ca'ieu
rom ne SnoreS OF ldhe 10 tleir hhal account
at MS naming oar,
Inc brevlty OF time; the shorlness OF HE,
oid US prepare 10 meet our Hod,
New car Is coming Ere ms corresPond-
ence reaches the press, 1t will have set IN WIN
It's many promises ana resolutions. Let me
question be started by every one HOW shaH
I spend 'he NeW ! ear so as 10 he most cohdu-
of others ~ nd while YOU Wondering