Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-01

There are few who stand Oh the helshts
to da5. All the way from the past has bcea az
upward progress to their diligent feet, and the
outlook over the inviting future is bright with
the raubows CT promise aod hope. The many
have no such experience ncr prospect the past
to them has been q weary journey. and tho on
ward path ia hrooded with unrevea!ing shadows,
And some aio to day 10 the depths u: des2on'
dsncy, shut out Of comfort from either mem,
DRY CT hope; behind them is only the bitterness
CT repeated failure and Disappointment, and
before them is tho midnight pail hiliog all bus
tae hidecus spectre of impending calamity.
But tho changes CT Time como alike 10 each :
the threshold of the new year lies athwart every
path, end whether wc bouod toward 1t W!;is
exultent footsteps or shrink IN dread from tie
unknown OF uninViting future. we must Cross
the dividiog limo together, and rsEcT the jour
ney on tho other side.
10 all who pass this portal there COMES
pleading voice heard by the destest car, AID
| echcieg in the chambers OF the duilest hear.
| IL has many tones Of warning. OF invitation, OF
encouragement it's lessons arc Dani:oId, 70
suit the needs of each to scne 1t may be the
! the j. yous greetiog of tho new but cope can
| escape the message. Whether they tearken or
! 90, and they who listen without prof: j:c:
the couosel to their own manifest peril.
Whatever else the Voice may utter It has ono
ncte that falls alike on every year. 1t IL the
c.ll for personal sacrifice. O5iAtCDs have
| been required OF every cation, 10 every ngf;
| and th,re is no hill top 10 all the iohobi:ed
earth frocl wtioh Tho off:riug of devoat beads
| has rot asceoGed to the iuviLlug bcayers. We
must all sacrifice TO day. CT there can DC ~
| beuedicIion on the u1written paec'ct cnT his
| tory cow opening before US.
! Err the smoke Of our obl2tion cin llsc wlih
| acceptance fire must be kindied on the a'tsr.
| Bed temperj ignite the quickest; let us star;
| the fame with thcac, end BIZ sure that Gene re.
mains like stale lcaTcn TO sour cur speech 10
| the days to couc. Evil habits. even though
| buried for the moment cut ofsight, nave ia them
| the DCyicus seeds Of future plentiful growth,
and ouly he fire cat destroy then; there lore lay
all Of them 90 tho burning pile. This work
must be very thorough, end the dailiog sin that
cliogs closest to US is best fitted Tor the hottest
! place in the FIRE.
IIatreds are good kidding wood, aud nothing
sends The SAVIOR Of the sacrifice so higs: as trc
huge brand Of an old, time seasoned eumity. Il
dear friend you ioadly trusted has deeply
| wropged you, and although lime may hove
scftend the bitterness Of your betrayal, and your
resentment IL GOT aglcw as it Was, yet it has n"t
wholly buroed itself ou!; triog forth the
snorIderipg embers and put them 10 With iho
rest to be utterly Consumed.
Ifapy OF US have hsd a hard, Unovcly epi;Ia
i'm perious to our subordnutes, rebollous a;ainst
our superiors, snd, worst Of all, ungrateful snd
| resentful toward Benofactor whose mos. Xxx
sone restraints have been tho strongest proofs
O.: His tender lovo-this will make croWning
glow amid tho aIter tlto3 to-day, and every
spliate. srd fibre oi it should be led - tho d.
vourinE fame.
The fire once kind led with such material. ;he
outer lifs stripped offs hateful dsguises and The
heart thus emp,ied ofsll evil lu3ts, we ncel not
dictate tho Offering; the incense which tho Wor-
shipper will lay thereon is sure to rise a5 sweet
ss7or in answer to the inviting voice. Some, wfo
| haze nothing c.so 20 bring, will hSvo te1dc:
pray rs for tho wSYward and errlng, or kind end
pitful words for tho outcas. and dssoln.u Sore
will begin tho new year with q now spirit IN The
household, new habits of thought and sc!ion,
purer end sweeter lives, and MEN will but halt
guess a. first whati. is they have go freely oder-
ed, or how deep and radical aad thorough Is
the change that has been wrought: in tuem.
Some who have heretofore gsrnered their abur-
dant gains in clenche1, misery hand will begin
with new and unexpected bounlies 10 the sut-
ferng poor with larSe.heartet and wise phil
anthropy that shall bless many wasted lives,
and freshen and gladden. all the path in which
they enter now with unfettered feet Ne. l0rE
Journal of Commerce.