The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-01-06

Aitoi hs in1re ui lee are Ike Tho
oo''bl'f'wif What viii watsks ints
the New Year lfihsre Is Ius q
the aesh We most affect, II thsre isa
sin most eating 10 the spui, en- ava.
rice most destructive Of humanity,
CANDY vice most ,hameless--if iheae
things are found am9ng our
hours Of the past year, fe4t a..
'urcd they will, unless rcsola,ely
thrown ofi, make part Of Our ,ray.
cling gear for the new country.
Unluekily. the New Year j. no,
new ihie. Like 'scrpcnts, We may
cast an old skin on the thresholt.
bu, the same condition OF tho BODY
will bring oui tie old spots on the
new skin. The coming hours will,
IN oil human probability, be simply
developments Of the past lays. Tie
tarcs sown will come to maturity
beyond the line We are approaching
so rapidly. The old hareds will
bring their f, iruits---the old ambi.
tions still draw water in leaky buck
eta--the old love still hope and sor-
row. Yes we take them all out
with us, and what meets US The
vices we have cherished grown to
gigantic stature, the evil passions
not repressed, an army arrayed for
conquest. We stand face to face
with giants we had held in leash as
pignies, aud thought they could
never break their bounds. The
coming days will be but repetition
of the past, only greater in evil or
good and less eusily overcome. II
VIC nave worn marriage garment,
the glitter of II will DO with Us still.
five have covered our heads with
ashes, rest assured some Of the Gin.
ders will remain.
OF the dispeusations Of God to us
the last year, we will carry away
only a memory. We have ali hsd
hcart>breaks. The very JOY OF
, many a life has faded away, and left
!. desolation IN It's stcad. Bnt then
death has its own compensation to
; the living, and perhaps our darlipgs
are nearer to US in the spirit world
. than when on earth. II storms
scattered our harvest shoaf, behold
l another autum can bind it again.
0 30 the pains which como visibly
from the Almighty hand willgo over
0 the line with Us, as . memory or
| as a hope. But the pains which
I come frtm our own il-doing, will 90
. with us, almost tangible in form and
. every tangible in workings.
8 We believe there are people
! who at the beginning of a New Year
. resolutely turn their faces from th
. past, cancel It's ovil record and be-
{ gin their service under new mas.
) ter. There are causes Of spiritual
regeneration, and wobeleivc ID them
toa certain extent. But the most
of us are over-wcighcd BY the bur-
dens We carry into the new country,
the burrs and bnsrs which stick to
, us, and we are prone to hold On to
thcm instead Of casting them away.
{ Certain tits that what goes out
. with us win be mst by its own i'm
{ age coming In to meet as. Good
!. by good, evil by evil. The Old
) Year WILDE repeated with exsgera-
. tions in the New, as far a. inner life
, is concerned. OF ourselves We
are very weak to cast away the
pleasant sins. Better lsy II the
Masters feet, and He can help us
winnow the chat from the grain.
aFuu well We know we have more Ara thss
wheat
Drambles and Aowe.s, Cry stalks and ~,thered
leaves,
e Wherefore We blush and weep, - q thy feet
q We tnesl down reserently sud repeat
!. Master behold our shssvsslr
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