The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-01-04
. ANeN.Year,s Reserie.


In recording = date we have now to re-
lember % put N new figure in the year,
nd 1t treminds us that we have entered
he borders Of an unexplored country. We
sh out eager with hope and expectancy.
t is like crooked path in wilderness.
We cannot see any distance before us, and
ur progress is marked by new and start
ing disclosures. We furnish ourselves
With all possible equipments for emergen-
lies, but as no one has been over the road,
here is no infallible guide who can insure
Is smooth path and journey without
difficulties. That which at the beginning
o. the year seems a blank, uninteresting
plain, is, at the end, a picture of diversity,
with many events Of magnitude, some of
which win remain prominent through all
the years that may follow. osa'f ssEz ze
Most of these that come with startling
force and suddenness were entirely un-
foreseen. Absorbing, terrifying were some
# the experiences, eclipsing all the joy,
md almost quenching, for the time, hope
md faith Grave anxieties were borne,
yearisome, burdens carried, griefs en-
dured, losses submitted to, and each had
is phase of the inevitable, in which We
felt our own .helplessness. Then, in the
surn of events which we call Gods provi-
dence, how benehcently and tenderly were
se led from these steep heights of grief
snd pain into the clear paths Of quietness,
sratitude and Joy. --.-ss----
- We may not be able to see that it is bet
ter to have suffered the impediments of
temporal disaster and worldly loss that
my good could result through the anguish
Of bereavement or the bearing away to
the silence of the grave the forms we
loved. In the matter of broken health,
discouraging illness with its enforced idle
ness and Inconvenience to others, we won
der how the gain shall be made to balance
Ne loss. When, physically, our bank &C
|count is oserdrawn, credit impaired, and
expenditure greater than the income, how
are we to make our losses good and re-
cover vigor and health agains There
is great dead that we may not fathom;
much that is unintelligible and obscure
about this problem that no expert has been
able to solve. We waste our energies in
venting formulas by which to find 1t out.
When II is anything we cannot by 2 better
knowledge or better application Of it pre-
vent on, help, it concerns us less why we
were permitted to suffer than how brsvely
we bore Ii and what lessons we learned
49,, .ta .xr~ar;anoa
A great many of our premonitions never
come TO pass. We equip ourselves with
burdensome armor as II marching to bat
tie, when there is no war, and expend
capital and energy on bridges never to be
used. We ridicule the foolish fears and
laugh at the stupidity of animals, but
many times our superior wisdom seems to
have served us no better. Muiutudes OF
Joys, also, are unexpected, and favor and
blessings come unsought. We cannot see
how success. swiftly followed by defeat, is
going to end in final triumph; why all
this jostling Of joy with sorrow is better
than quiet and peace. The utility of the
gymnasium is not apparent from day to
day, but it finally tells in muscular solidity
and strength. So at middle life and be
yond,- the larger experience. the wider
outlook, the broader intelligence and
deeper sympathies-the result Of grander
discipline--begin to bear fruit and there
is no question then about the privilege Of
the school in which they were learned
the advantage Of obstacles surmounted
the opportunity furnished by difficulties
to be conquered, defeats to be borne.
Whoever strives nobly can afford to
wait for results, but the fountains Of hii
encouragement must rise hard by the
throne and empty their fullness into eter
nity.m We must remember, too, that
ave live In deeds, not years; In thoughts, no
breaths;
In feelings, not in figures ON dial.
We should count time by heart-beats. BE mos
lives -t--i = -
Who thinks most, feels the nobiest. asts the best
And he whose heart beats quickest lives thi
longest; 49,
Lives in one hour more than in years do some
Whose fat blood sleeps a. 1t slips along thei