Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-02

to the old r.sn, in his arduous task, q
smile of unalfoyed warm happiness. In
our world, the world of limit and Of
measure, tho clocks are op0the stroke of
twelve: and in the no,nensary pause,
the old man SITS upon Che aeyor lseraahs3
banks Of the river, and talks half sadly
with tie spirited Boy 50 soon 70 succeed
hiHs, What think you asays hea he'l
telis mimi thatthe aaysofg time 1ape mum.
bered&,hat he too, soon, like himself,
viii turn over the rope to one as bou.
,ly;ant l;t % he, and tint haasho :wi!I I'and
himself a gray old an.,yern, not with
foil. but, With 8 heart ache bYn Of the
bitter regrets Of worldlings too latc re;
pentant;a He points to lhisgrey .haim as
the badges of his griei, :ana 10 his bent
form as theSeviaencss'os Of the stfaggIs Be-
tween his duty to carry and his desire to
yield to the appeals of the damned souls.
for.yet a little respite onthe green banke,
yet "a little rcspito to finish up their task,
to repent, perchanco to pray, oftimes to
gather the oddstsand ends of gthpir good
Intentions for the eternit, upon. which,
they now approach, and send them by
the other sway' to God-by the croas.
Too late it is.the old man knew, but he
pauses kindly to explain, and'7the eddy
takes the old man and his wherry, and
the braWny arms are knit and worn in
the struggle TO regain the i 'righ. course: ).
S'.H HiS manner and,tone now change as
he takes'up the!thsme oftho many happy
souls from whom he has gathered warmth
and cheer in HE ases:y work. The
Kindness qf of the j old a mans heart beams.
from his eyes, and he rises to leave his,
charge with the hope that he may often
hive with him the burden of a happy
soul and a clear conscisnco; and when
such are rot his companions, that he
night b q ashlc Is to, find within 9TH .himsefa
fluid of charity for the comfort and sup
port of the misled. For, says he, these
loeksn showed with the grey of sor-
row 3f ,widhi laia atGi hi tiGfiothef earti,i II re- :
turn to their former hue, and these worn
arms viii rise in the image Of our maker,
while aeleariconscience aud tcndersheart
has served but to mellow the outlines of
the vigorous man. ta'
/ He went at the stroke of 12, and now
the. yeaneg Gun manaviigoEops inthe prime Of
youth, has hold the ewherry. He is kindly
of heart my friends, soft to the maiden
and to the ihfirm kind. Upon the sor-
row-sick patient, an and q never, failing
nurse. Hand in hand with energy, he
works. success, and points with hope to
the prize NO would have. 1t behooyes us
only to aim at what is right, and make
pure eaofts, in'all ofwhich we snsdst pray
sinsarelyy Greet him then with clieor-
'fulness; not With too great glec, for the
boy is king for time. Meet him quietly
yet happily, thoughtfully too, of the past
and the old mans grey hairs. which time
viii etfe thought fully fthe future : and
the work fsinaews which God only can
curc-thought fully of yourself and the
budget ofyour undone duties-thought-
fully andsprayerfully. of Others, whoever
they may be- wishing, with us, TO oil hap
pineas at this, tho incoming, and better
still, happiness Mt the outgoing of 1873:
the one born of Hopo. liable to disap-
poiptment; the other built ON fruition,
real and in hand, the gold Of entsrnity.