The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-01-02

WE before US lies:
We hail with smiles its dawning gray
How shall we meet It's final day"
The time for settling up the years ac-
count and closing the book of 1892 is al
hand. We linger owe its pages, noting
the many blessings showered upon us
from the hand of a merciful Father; a
liberal sprinkling of sorrows and mis-
takes, many perhaps all readI-
Is traceable to ignorant o willful sins.
for neither of which can we offer the
slightest excuse: and the golden Oppor-
tunities unheede1, of aiding our fellow
creatures by look, word, deed or eX-
ample.
But why should we pause to consider
the marred and blurred pages of the old
year, or the pure, fresh ones of the
new? Because only the brute lives for
the moment, leading an existence of
disconnected dots. The brute-llke
to whom the past has no stimulus and
contains no warning, and the future 40
invitation, passes the annual milestOnes
without thought, repentance or regret.
The wise mans life is as a line with a
purpose in it, directed by what lies be-
hind and aiming well at something
ahead. Gods labor is permanent in it's
results because it looks before and af-
ter, is cumulative, has it's solid founda-
tions and it's spires of desire. And if
we wish our life work to have any
measure Of the frmness and success of
the Creators great works, it must be
made, like His, to grow with reasona-
bleness out of the past and look with
purpose toward the years to come.
There are no times SO appropriate for
this wise and linking meditation as be-
ginnings and endings-the close of the
year when reason has action, with it's
lessons and promptings, behind it, and
the start, when purpose has action, all
fresh and unsullied, before it.
After duly considering the old year
let US turn to the new, this volume of
three hundred and sixty-fve pages,
everyone of which we shall fill with
some sort Of a record. AS we wish it to
be a satisfactory one let us aim to
make the very best of life; remember
ing that we were created IN the image
OF God and that, through His promised
strength, we are able to do all things
we'll maj may be given US to do. In
order to attain such success, however.
we must keep, each day, the resolutions
= made at the dawning of the year, and
make the very best possible record on
that day, thus opening the way for an
Improvement on the morrow, and SO on.
The year 1898 will be made memOra-
bic to posterity by the Columbian ex
position, in which the nations Of the
globe unite to celebrate the glorious
results achieved through the constant
and persistent efforts of L mar Lei
us not. then, while gaTncring the wis
dom harvested from this great Internal
tional exhibit, forget the lesson taught
by the devotion Of Columbus t. his life
purpose.
Having formulated and crystatli=eu
our New Years resolutions, let III "v32
be mindful that, as Johnson says: "Ii"Ii
is paved with good resolutions, ana
unless we have resolution euuu-it III
Our character-gOod solid resolution.
compounded of will and wisdom. and
the mixture thoroughly pc~rUneatci viii
the grace of GOd-tO Ire them, the,
will Only 50 to improve that pavement
which is already kept in very good r.
pair.
We must not anticipate failure, bur
advance in the assurance that on New
Years day of 1891 we shall be able :
review with grati1icatlon the individual
aud collective strides made during 1893
MARY NJ. PRICE.
To enjoy life stimulate digestion and
regulate The bowels. Take Simmons Liver