Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-31

the N. " Year.
ast have come to the last day
o o ys.f, and in few hours more
80 yin p, -njoying the pleasan tness
ani pains of the new year, tor new as
it will be, Young and buoyant rs 1t
NAV be, il .ill bring both pain and
pleasure. The best way to begin the
new year well Is to stand by the
three hold Il the old year. look back,
examine ar note books and our con-
scien tes, iuark wherein we have done
wrong, wi 1t duties we have neglected
and what good inspirations We have
unherdo4i. II may not be we'll to dwell
altogether on the hard side Of life. There
is IA natural goodness in human nature ;
and. i from the impulses of our own
hear. or she influences Of grace We
have doue some good wOrk-sonsthing
that cur consciences approve we
should draw encouragement from the
success, whole or partial, that has A..
tended ous efforts, and avoiding boast
ing or vain glory, press on to the &C
complisf n-nt Of the work that lies be-
fore rs iood thoughts should not be
restri 20 tie sanctuary, nor should
charity tie confined to the home Man
kind of every description are our neigh
bOrs, whom we are bound to love, and
the sphere Of benevolence is a. bound
less a. II. univerS. The new year
comes u all. II the first morning Of
the new year perchance should be q
clear one, the rays Of the rising sun
will strike ~ brightly through the
crack in the howell of the poor ~ it will
strike through the tapestry curtAinsd
window Of tho wealthy.
But IL will not bring the same hope
and JOY to all. This cannot, however,
bo attributed TO the revolving years,
nor to the bountiful Father of the uni
yer V, that makes his ~ to shine alike
upon the evil and the good, and send
rain upon the Just and the unjust.
The year, tho end Of which We will
soon witnoss, has been one of great
changea- It's last sun 10 setting upon
a business stagnation, which it is hoped
by everybody the new year will re-
move. And yet 1t has been year of
general prosperity. Crops have in tie
main been good, and trade, except for
the last two or three months of the year,
active. Whatever have been the causes,
business 10 and has been for some time
very much depressed, and the joys of
Inc new year will find but a feeble re.
Spouse in the hearts of many thousands
OF unemployed laborers, that know not
where the next meal is TO come from.
That there should be 30 much destitu-
tion and want In country blessed
with good crops and abundance of
wealth, is one OF the problems Of the
times which does not seem 20 be prop
erly understood. 1t is, however, one
OF the questions over which we can
ponder with profit, and it is hoped thai
the coming OF the new year will usher
In brighter era Of business prosperity,
that will benefit at least those who
most need assistance.
vi course, now Is the time for good
resolutions again. let every one look
back 70 the last new year, and call up
the good resolutions they then made,
and ask themselves whether they have
Kept them or not. II they have kept
them then they are better men aud
women than they were a year Ago, and
by similar course Of reasoning those
who made good resolutions and have
repeatedly broken them, may be con-
sidered as having refrigerated. This
new years eve there are thousands
more ~ho will solemnly make more
good resolu ions. Upon beudsl knees
before the sacred altar. thousands will
pr 'mis- 10 live more devoted christian
lives. The devotee OF intemperance
VIII i"--s wear the intoxicating cup.
Tue itoiiue man will promise never 10
sw"h another oath, and the victim of
ssnsHa'i'y will promise to live a future
life o. "ha.tity.
These New Year vows will all be we'll
epo ~ III their PLACES but will they be
KIP These az olemn obligat ons thai
should not Do lightly taken. Yea, IL
"er" letter that they should not be
taken ~ all, than to be taken only TO
De Or Ken. Ye, who would take these
vows hlrk before you take them. In
look back upon the past year, a
question roa' k oursel YES is, wha' have we
done l. make the world better Az the
midhist' bell tolls requiem for the
oylhs year, how will stand our debit
and ca dit account ? Happy are they
who have balance to their account in
8ood works performed to advance the
mora interests Of mankind.
Bun Aere is still great work to do
Year, me and go almost like a pass-
ing METEOR. They revolve around and
pass cat Of our sight almost before we
Know Only three hundred and
sixty-nve days ago there was a wonder.
ful cla- -ring of joyful noises to usher
an the year that to us now il practically
worthless Here we are again ready to
gree mother new year that comes az
thousands came before L., aud in thr, .
huDdf'd and sixty-five short fieetinp
day " will be ready to cast 1t off as .
worthless thing, only as we have been
benet Ell by it,
Thu we go year after year rolls by
In rapid succession. What can we say
more Of benefit as the moving panorama
passes oy than to improve the moment,
~ thu fly, and with the thought. tina,
THE i me flxed determin alton of ever
one We can but wish the world in gen.
era and the patrons of the RHpuBLf
CAS- Happy New Year
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