Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-12-31


year was young. aud when it swung the
scythe and cradle through the su inner har-
vest fields tne year was strong but 1t IS get
ting out OF breath now, and after SIX more
throbs OF the pulse will be dead. We cannot
stop this annual deca lence. Set all the
clocks back, sat all the watches back, set all
the chronoms.ers back, but you cannot
set time back. Fur the oil family
clock you might suppose that time woult
have especial respect, AMI that il
sou took hold OF those old hinls on the face
of that canJ9aaria1 of a ttmspiece and
sushed then back you might ex 9ect that
time would stop or retreat for at least few
minutes. mo, no. says the oil family
clock. u must 90 on. | saw VJur father
and mother on their welding day. | struck
the hour of your nativity. | counted the
iestal hours Of the day in watch you brought
home bride souaiel tas knsIl at your
,ataer's deatl. l toilet at your mothers
departure. Yea, | must sounl your own
going outof life. | must q on. 1 must GO
~ Tick, tocki Tick, tocxt'
But there is a great city clock high ~ in
ihe tower. There are 50 many wrongs in
Ill our cities to be rightsi, 50 many evils to
81 extirpatei. SO many prisons to be
anitaried-stop the city CLOGS until all thess
;hings are done. Let common council and
The people of the great town decree that tbs
:ity hall CLOCK shall stop. We do not want
The sins of 1892 to be handed over to 1898.
We do no5 want the young year to inherit
.he m sfortuaes OF the old year. By ladders
iftai to the tower an by strong hands
.ake hold anl halt the city CLOCK. mo nor
says thu city CLOCK ST cannot wait until
Eou correct all evils or soothe all sorrow or
irive out all sin. have been counting the
steps OF your progress as a city. L have
seen your opportunities. | have deplorsi
you neglects, but time wlstsd is wasted
forever. l must 60 on. l must go on.
Tics, tocS! TICK, tockm Bat in the tower
Of the caoitois at Washington ani London
aud Berlin AMI Vienna and all the great
national capitals there are COCKS.
Suppose that by presi lential proclama-
ton an resolution of tia senate an house
of repres sntatlves our national clock in the
Capitol turret be ordered to stop. '.Stop,
o clock, until sectional animosities are
cooled off, until our Sabbatas ara better
kept, ami drunkenness turns to sobrietY,
and bribery, fraud and dissipation quit the
landl Stop, o ciocr, in the tower of the
United States Capitol" "No no?' says the
clock. II have been going on so long can
not afford to sto9. 1 sounded the birthday
of American lndepen lence. l rang out the
return of peace in 1855. l have seen many
presidents inaugurated | struck tbs
hour of LincoIn's assassination. | have
beat time for emancipation proc
lamation. and Chicago fire, and Charleston
earthquake, and epidemics of fever AMI
cholera. Nations never stop. They march
on toward salvation or demolition. And
why sh ould | stop2 | chime for the nation
al holidays. | toll for the mighty dead.
must go oni | must go on Tick, took!
Tex, tock7 There may be difference of a
lew seconds or few minutes in the time
pieces but it will be serious occasion when
next Saturday night about thu same hour
the family clocks, and the city CLOCKS and
the national clocks strike one! twoi tlreel
tour five! ski seyeal eight! nlnel ten!
sevenl tweiyel
Sorry am to have 1892 depart this life.
1t has been good year na5 bright days.
What starry nights What narVestsl WHAT
religious convocatio Isl What triumphs OF
art and science and INVENTION AMI enterprise
and raligioll- But alls, hJw slcre IL has
been with sorrows What pillows ho5 with
reve. taaJ coult not be cooeil What graves
opening vile enough to take. down beauty
and siren eth an usefulness What octo-
genarians putting down the stat o. earthly
pilgrima 20 and tsliny thu crown OF heavenly
rswardl Wnat Children, as ia Bible time,
crying: fMy hea !, my head And they carried
him to his mo5har, All he sat Oh hes knees
until noon an then del" TniS year went
the chief poet of England and the Chief
poet OF America. Our John g. Whittier
great 10 literature ami simple as child
for di 1 not spend an afternoon with him In
a barn in the A1iron lacks, and in the even
iny We played blindman's buff, he tying
over my eyes t1e nan lkercliet While the
hotel parlors rang with the merry maklngf
And Tennys)n, this year gone-le who Tor
this particular season OF the year wfoteI
Ring ont, Wild bels, to tn lie wi, d SKY,
The hyiag cloud, tbs frosty light
The year is dying in tue night.
Ring ont, wild bells, and les him die.
What mingling of emotions in this closing
year! What orange blossoms for the mar
rage altar, and what myrtle for the tomos
of the deadi H0sannas and lamentations in
collision. Anthem ami dead march mount
ing from the same ivory keys. Before this
wear quite leaves the earth let it hear our re-
pentance for opportunities that can never
return. Kind words spoken too late or not
spoken at ALL Means of getting good or do
ing good 50 completely gone by that the
archangel's voice could not recall them. Can
il be that this year is closing and our sins
unforgivRn. and we have no certainty that
when our last Dec 81 has sped away we shall
enter blissful eternity? Toe most over
whelmiugly solemn week of all the year Is
the last week of December.
But on opening this subject, IN respect
o. a holy day. as my text puts 1T, or holt
dav, as we moderns write and pronounce it;
! advised that you divide this season into
three chapters--the first chapter OF Illus
trious birthday, the second a oh lpter of an-
nual decadence ami the third chapter of
chronological intro1uction-ani this last
chapter we have reached. In olden times
there was style o. closing an old year AMI
opening new one that was very suggestive.
Tde family would sit up until twe,v'
o'clock at night, and when the clock
struck twelve the family woull all 20
TO the front door of the house. take
down the bar and turn back the lock
and swing the door wide open to let the
cd year cut and new yelr 10. And that is
what we are going to do. With the same
measured step that tins has kept since it
started it will come to our door in the clos
ing night OF this week. With what spirit
shall we let the nsw year in? | have already
indicated that it is to be one o. the greatesJ
years OF all chronology. "Why?' you ass.
Have you any fore5ofings or Fremont
tionsY No. care you expecting the miilen-
mum this YEAR, No! 'sWhv, then, say
this about the coming year, For the simpls
reason that find as the years go by they
become more and more eventfuL Compare
the Nineteenth century with the Eighteenth
century.
Compare the first half of this century
with the last half. The surses of this ocean
of time are rolling higher aud higher. Tde
forces OF right and wrong ara rapidly mu.-
bplying, and their struggle; must be inten-
sified. 1t is a chronolo ,ical fact that we
are all the tlme co ming nearer to th5
worlds edeniz ition first and then to its in-
cineration. TO its redemption an its lie nol-
ton. And so | expect that 1898 will b.
greater year than 1892. Its wedding bells
will be merrier. Its obsequies will be sad
der. Its scientific Ciscoveries more brill
liant. Its properties more significant. Its
opening more grand. Its termination
more stupen Ions. Look out for 1881 Let
printers have in their cases of type plenty
of exclamation points to set up a sudden
paragra ph. LEI the Conservatives have
protuson of flowers that can be twisted into
garlapds. Let churches have plenty OF
room for increased ass ambiages. Let men
and women have more religion to meet the
vacilations and the ext ,encies, and the de-
mands AMI tbs raptures aud the woes of
this coming 1895. Ia what mood shall we
open the door OF the naw year? With faith,
strong faith buoyant fait3, triumphant
fai'h, Col Will see you through. His grace
will be sufficient if you trust Him. You
can go to HIN at any tina and find sym.
pathy.
My little child got hurt one morning dur.
ing her mothers absence. We looked after
the case as well a We couti Toward night
her mother returned, ami for the first tina
the child cried ami erie / vociferousiy. Some
one said to her: WHAT do you cry for?
Y GU did not cry all day" Her reply was,
There was no one 20 cry To-" And So you
sometimes suppress your trouble because
there is no full resource of earthly SYM
pathy. But rejoi,e to tell you that i'll Col
you always have some one to cry to. He
viii condole an help in every crisis. Cone,
now, let me uasfrap that knapsack of care
from your shoulders. Come prosperity or
a1verSltv, CO ne welding or burial come