The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-11
Tile EstlInate Of Life.

pears In the roseate hue5 OF hope. To-
morrow, they are assured, will be rs TO.
day-but more abundant and joyous
They live in the future; and health
strength, wealth, fame and happiness are
among its certain possessions. To them
life is a bright, delusive dream.
The young have their troubles. Dis.
appointments, sickness, pain, bereaye.
ments, wants, and nameles sorrows may
oyertake them, and n,cmentarily dissi
pate their delusions; but their troubles
are short lived. They are soon forgotten,
and lost in the recovery Of their blessings
and in the anticipation of better timcs
Hard, indeed, must be the lot which
brushes the spirits and extinguishes the
hopes of the young.
Fortunate 1t is that troubles fall light
ly on their hearts. Let them enjoy life
they will have ample time, If their days
are prolonged, to endure Affections.
was once ascending the Ohio River in q
steamer. A heart-smitten widow was on
board, VIII had just buried her husband
in Cincinnati, and was fleeing with her
children from the cholera. which was
rtging as an epidemic. She had two
little daughters, bright and cheerful, old
enough, indeed, to know that they had
lost their father; but too young and vol
'ntile to be long effected by their bereave-
ment. Amid the scenes and excitcments
of the voyage, the sprightly girls forgot
their SORROWS and gave themselves up TO
the pleasures of the occasion. The pnor
mother seemed almost as much grieved
by the untimely friyolity Of her children
ms by the sudden death of her husband.
She tried by every art to repress their ex.
uberant joy and impart to them her own
gloom and sorrow; but in vain. Nature
would assert its control. Stranger as
was, l ventured to address words of con.
ISOLATION to tho afflicted widow. It was
cause for gratitude rather than grief that
her young end tender children did not
fully share ia her sorrows. It was better
that they should enjoy life while they
might, as, in all probability, their days
of trouble would come, and not be few.
With thoughts like these, her crushed
heart seemed soothed.
To the old, life Is not dream but d
reality. They contemplate 1t, not Ky the
bright hucs of fancy, but in the sober or
even dark garb of experience. How diff.
ferent is life from the early anticipation
of it. It was POLITICALLY described by the
patriarch Of Uz, four thousand years
ago: Man that is born of woman is Of
few days and full of trouble. He cometh
forth like flower, and b cut down: he
iiuutn uiso IN siiadow, anu continueth
not.n
Life is short. It does. not seem 40 to
the young. When / was n boy, my
grandfather WINS O white-headed septua.
ginarian. It appeared to mo to be i'm.
possible that I should ever aLte;n to his
age. "A small eternity seemed TO inter!
yene between his age and mine. lam
now just as old as he was at the tinie OF
his death; and how swiftly have my days
passed by s Life in the retrospect always
appears brief. ssThe days Of the years OF
my pilgrimage are IN hundred and thirty
years, = said the patriarch Jacob, "few
md evil have the days of my life been.n
Moses, the man of God, harped on the
sameatring fprhe days Of our years are
three.score years and ten; and II, by
reason of strengths they be- four-score
years, yet is their strength labor and sor-
sow ;-.for it yis7 soon cut Off andwe iy
away, How trnthfully is tho life OF
man pictured by the inspired psalmist
..As for man, his days are MS grass; rs d
flower of the held. SO he fourlsheth. For
the wind passeth oSerit, end it is gone.n'
the hyRienic anti henIinp arts. b,,t st;lI
life, under the most .inyored oircnm. .
atances, 10 brief, and uncertain. No
,streHgtj, of constitution, f,o Fbrl,dance
Z and mo medical fssiiii. can exnend IL ,n,,cb
beyond its Usual limit. ~,
Life IS not only short. bpt "Gnll nj
trouble.p This Language Ia strong int i,
is confirmed by. the experiencar r6f ccar,,
person who has reached the are of threc.
score years aud ten. sToila. yexntions
diappointments.t pains. losses. ,wanta and
sgricis for which human ;innanuitv ihns
scarcely found a .ie1Iter lprgeiv inf
the history of every. .lifaI s' Nor ssrc 'ti,sse
all, nor the worst & ia av;Ia TsmI,ta !.
sitiofl. sin in innupnerabla forms mill -.
morse. potiiy eorroyy. and cenSe7ass ,o,,
fiicts with the world. tho fiesb ana tI,e
deyil. agun thrnnrh Tho ronnds or:thraae
snore years and 9enn Onn,Sss;. = s.sSi .Sio
tionb. the source of. man,a h;eSss. ansn,.
ments. aTa often fl.a cause nf h;s srrsst Ss
trials. He shares in tho ofFl;a1;a,,s ~ -
those whom he loves. Tha shaSnost hs sor. y.
royya OF parenta nya ffenr,entIv tbie ras,,i,
of the ysayNaril nass folIv v;caS mi s' n,;s'
,,ry e,r ki,eir children. Mafionai coIa,s,:
ties-deraprenleIlt Of tregie et;onc, :, 4
Marty etrifa- rinfa- and sgar viii "a 70. :.
thI desolations--cast their ahalic,g. ,sa,
MANY 4 SlionseI,6,ds and aS3d crcot,,s - -
the bitterness of individnai eSney;enoe
All the elements of nattira eeera tn he n, y
war with man, and c0nJnnissioned tosas.
grayate his misery. FsreI btiinI, lie shstd7.
earned Droperty. and EfarngI him mt, q
baqgar 81 the world. TAnarIrs tlaS III
81 may IS =
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