The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-03
Now Year Thoughts.

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And they icsre appreciated, more '''an
was their merit, by iew whose op'n'
ions ongat to encourage effort pu'
our mind Is NOT In sermonizing condi-
ton to day-Dec. 2Sth. 1t aii'i'a'eS
and svmrataizcs too much with the
dull, gray clouds which shut out sun
dime and cerulean skies. Yet an ac-
ouaiutance with Natures lass whispers
10 us that these clouds sill pass away
that returning Spring will bring blaze
skies, bright flowers and songs OF BIRDS
And thus would We have our readers
philosophlso IL in the year just gone
they have not been blessed with health
and peace, aud sweet content II any
have suffered from discase or accident
if any have vacant chairs where lost
loved ones used to sit, we feel there
Il no "balm in Gilcad for them. We
might ray:
nThings without remedy
Should be without regard what n done 10
done"
This philosophy may accord WIN feaS,
On, but it docs not meet tie demands OF
the heart. Sorrow flows, not from the
absence Of pleasures we have never ex'
perienced, but from the loss OF those to
which we have been accustomed, and II
requires different compound OF nature
than we, a poor sinner, possess, to not
rrieYc oyer The loss of some one dear 10
us-a parent, child, Il brother or SIS
Ter. or that should-bc combination OF all
Affection wife. And in the little cir
Gle reached by the Home Journal, VIC
know our remarks will find Judgment II
the breast. Of some who, if truly human
have surely cause for grief, bat wh'
show il not because their sorrow III
couched in seeming gladncss." FoI
them there is, We say, no balm in thii
liic-this life which is an enigma
"dim, confined existence, wherein We
are placed for a little while, like chill
dren in the dark, stretching our help
less hands here and there, lest, blindly
wo stumble upon some hidden danger
And get, "Iook round the world OBJ
serve its ordcr--its rcgularity-iIs de
sign. 4 y or that which created tn
world, We know, We can know, nothing
save these attributes power; stern
crushing, rcleutless regularity hecdin
no individual cases rolling sweepin
burning on no matter what seattle
ed hearts, severed from the gcncr
mass, fall, ground and scorched benea'
its wheels. The mixture Of evil vii
good-the existence Of suffering M
crime-in all times have pcrplexcd Il
wise" Poor consolation, dear roadc
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this dull, dreary day.
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