New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-05
UONE INTERESTS.
THE TREASURES or 1871.


While tho Christmas decorations arc fresh on oar
walls aud these longest nights Of the year invite TO
"Reminiscences. let us count over our treasures First
among these are our children. How they have grown
since we hung gifts on the Christmas tree year ago!
This pairpf twinkug eyes, these twin rudy checks
were not here theD yet what cohquests OF love have
they made In all our hearts! While they are sealed
In the sweet sleep Of health md all the pattering
feet resting that they may patter more resessiy
Tomorrow while sleds and skates and books are put
away and boys and girls phantom sheds and skates
siip through dreauiland, we sit before the open
fire and keep on counting treasures Our children
coufide In us their hearts book lie open before
us. There is naught they conceal, there is nonght
their perfect confidence. This frank unfolding Of
the childs heart to its parent IL sts surest
Not less potent is 1t to keep fresh and pne IN the pa
rents heart the fountains whence Virtue draws; 70
keep the pulses beating In sympathy WIN youth ana
throw rosy gli1lmer on grsy hairs. Happy indeed
the household where there arc no reservations be-
tween parent and child where tho childs good is the
highest wish of the parent, and the parents happl-
ness dearest Of all things TO the flial heart.
Hrs .% SS:s ee m sSe
says assyser s1H co % - virtue By
before Rhadamanthus and he says; . What have you
10 show for your life, Madam We Shall put these
letters in his hand and hope he VII be as KIND TO us
IA he was 10 the woman that had made 1900 cheeses
N, have we all orr treasures. Some can count snf-
ferilgs patiently borne, some arduous tolls stendly
endured, cOnquess IN sciences III AT, IN lIeI-
tlIre some aims t0 the poor and ministry 10 the
ffiendless Many anxious, hardworking mother
"a she gianees down this column may think she has
nothing to show for the year but stockings mended.
knees patched bread kneaded and eaten long ago.
bnttons sewed on foers swept dishes washed, beds
made dinners cooked. II this IL all, and this has
bees done In a spirit of love and ebeerfuness tho
Great Muster himself might say she hath done wbs
she could" The spirit gyeth life. II q cup OF cold
water given in the name Of disciple shall not ioss
its reward how thapatent toiIiDg conscientious
aborsr the field VI divine appointment fai 20 reap
his harvest The crowd huzzas the conspicuous
worker who sets tho head stone ON the corner but
God has NOT forgotten those who wrought the min
ute and nuseeu parts The carpenter>who nails on
tue siding and shingles the roof gets moss of the
credit Of well-buil house. but he did no more than
the stalwsrt AMMAN that IN the gloom and cold OF
distant forests swung his Ak into the wide Kerr OF
towering white pine. then dragged the captive kiDg
10 the water side and RATED IL to the saw-mill booni
society ineutions the college whose diploma prom
isng young man brilliant girl has won Society
dops not know who Endled u love Of knowledge IN
the soul of that youth. A lonely and sadeyed woman
In = remote cabin overhung By primeyai forests may
plant tho oornerstoIies Of character when ia It's
shine like gate OF steel
Pacing the rising sun
WHAT ESOwIxDGEs AXE or MOST WORTH.
There arc a large number Of our readers who have
little time every day for selfimproyement, but do
NOT know how employ that time 70 secure the most
dessssbls res1ll% They may read good dsai W t1e