, 1874-08-09

/ fHsAes hl8 prudent purpose to resolve.
! Resolves and re-resulvcs, then dies, the snInc.
/ There is something potent shout the deoem-
rnultiplca. Tho other numbers just fill up the
spaces; it ia tho cipher, with the index before
it, that marks the periods OF the worlds history,
divides our moneys, and rounds out the cpocha
| Of our lives.
| When the Arabs cane to the little finger Of
| the left hand, aud found that they had exhaust
t cd their stock OF counters. they Eaid, s. Once
| around, "-1narklng it with citc]e,-and began
| again. THUS tho ''teu numbers are indicated BY
! the most significant charactera in our limited
! alphabet Of figures. The circle hns rlways been
the emblem Of completion, perfection, eternity.
| Thn first round III our lives is accomplished
with little thought Of our own. Guided and
guarded by loving care, NC arc tr,1pdled past the
pe1i]s Of taothlng and trinhets, sugar-plun4s and
sl>snkipss.
In our second round, books and terchera ara
our chief motors and We arn whirlod over MUSIC
and mathematics, SCIENCE aud seusimeut, French
| and tlirtations.
At twenty, the machinery OF life is in full mo-
ton. We need no longer any helps. for the force
is within U.S. aud VIC rush Into business, politics,
ard n,atrimony.
Pauslng only to take breath OF ths three
times round, ~ we 60 OH again, spinning through
SUCCESS and chagr1u, pleasure and rain,--up hill
and down dalc,-l1..tl, Ut forty, re find ourselves
at the summit Of tho journey. 1t IL Tue highest
ridge in tho rassascfrom babyiood to the allotted
recsco,e-yeaIE-ard-tcn. Ne can look back
aud see the way over which no hare como,
fcckcd with light 2ul shade. aud seeming 80
beautiful ~ wa leave it forever. We eau look
into the mist beyond, aud wo know that it is a
snnsct-land. But we may not stop tho wheels
OF our life arc connected with those Of many
another. The full forco Of tho giuo iy on it
will soon be spent, aud We know that iu 4 little
While il will hs down grade all the way.
Dean Swift Eascly observes that - No wsa tnaa
ever wished himself younger" but the man
who wakes On tho morning Of his 10th birthday,
viii never 4 sigh Of regret for the bright days
Of youth aud early Eaaahood. is truls : second
Solomon. lie las come to an anniversary that
record he used to consult with childish impa-
tience, has long ago been stored away. or LAS
suok to the bottom o. pile Of books. Bas,
some way, the date il fixed in his mind, and ho
k5orz kSg iqS$ he's it le'zz; "10An Smith, born
How !oEg ago that wcs wzitten.-5efore tie
days Of railroads., tefaErapLs, eeving-1nachines,
patent-rcapcsB, matches. or postai-cards! Dcar
me, what an old co4lser an. to be surer' and
his imagination sanders OF to what the next
forty years will bring to The wotld.--the inyeu-
tions aud discoveries the contests and royolu-
tions. Then he thinks Of how littIo moment Ill
these things will be to him forty years from
now.
The hreakfast-bcll aro'1ecs him from lis rev.
erie. and he goes on to meet tho duties Of this
day as Of any other ct the three hundred and
siSty-i7e. He ha, passed the time Of birthday
gifts and festivals parties and little surprises.
But, some time III the the course OF the twenty
four hours, Lie viii be vc1y up. to hold o p-vate
communion With hi1,seH. Looking, perhaps,
sonoewhat mourufully into tho pa=t be wisely
concludes to Improve the present. and to " go forth
into the stadowy future without fear, and with
n,auly heart" We'll will i. be ii lie coushcratcs
himself to noble PURPOSES and higher rrtes OF
living. He he's reached the very prime Of his
lie, and perhaps others efe shaping their coErso
according to his leadtug.
Growing old ia something like getting rich.
From QUO standpoint all are poor and old from
another, riches and youth belong to every one.
"Iis iast aa nc make orr lives, my friends It's
eror just as re taLo tle1n."
The man possessed OF aa income Of 81 600
year is paurer compared With Kothschild,
and King by tLe side OF dty-!aboror. We are
I'll .sbabes IN knowledge: ret we ere all eagcs
in wisdom compared With the poor brute world
around u.s.
It is we'll that NO remember our birthday
anniversaries. They arc tho toll-gates on tho
road, aud it is better that the fec be paid in
good resolves than in vain regrets 1t IL not SO
much tho lumber Sa pass rs the direction NO
take
We live in decds,-in thoughts, not b1eaths,-
In feelings. not in figures dial
We should count tifnp By htarttnruhs he most nTes
Who tlLnks most, feels the nob1es acts the best.
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