Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-02
Holiday Thoughts and Greeting.
Totho Ednori
CASNoNvILLE, Utah,
Now II, 1895.

Nov. ~ 1895.
To tho Edltori
Christmas timsl The mortal who
can greet its coming with apalheilc
indifference must bu indeed a minhn.
thrope, No other festival In all the
year suggests such memories. Under
its glad influence tue man Of the
world throws sslde his cares and In
the brief but happy Christmas season
regards his fellow beings In a moro
iraterual manner, opening up his
heart and purse strings In this period
OF "peace on earth, good will toward
men," perhaps with a sigh OF regret
that this tordid world Of ours IL No In
different 10 humsn suffering In ali the
other three hundred and sixly-iour
days OF the Anticipating year. To tue
boyish heart OF youth, In an especial
degree, II IL Indeed glorious time,
before whose onulgnnoo even the patri-
ouo Fourth .palVs Into inslgnifoanoe,
the attractions OF the time
honored "Chfistmas box" and tho
inevitable Christmas CONNECTIONS
usually proving Of more magnetic
and allnting character than the pyto-
teohuio display Of youthful patriotism.
To the average man, however, IL comes
arrayed In tears aud smiles. There are
some amongst US to whom, no doubt,
IL serves M reminder OF advancing
yest, perhaps OF Strengthened clrcum.
stances, OF feasls bestowed on hollow
friends and Of the cold looks that now
greet them In adversely and mlsfor.
tune. 10 such We would say, never
heed such diamal Teminisceuoeil DO
not select the merriest SESSION 0f tho
year for doleiul recollections. Dash
aside tbs gathering tears. Dwell not
upon memories OF tho vacant chairs OF
departed dear ones who once cOntrI.
buled towards making Christmas a
continued round OF mlrlh aud happi.
nts,l Reflect upon your present bless.
ings, OF which every man has som
/ There are fow among US who have not
felt the pressure OF gloomy care. 10
/ the general run Of men, life " not n
bed OF roses. There Is tnetefors all tho
more reason for selling this suspicious
period when "MeTry ChTistmasp aud
"Huppy New Ycst"ls on every lip.
Christian humanity all the world
over halls the genial season, aud we
welcome II all the more heartily when
we consider that II 10 pge-eminently
the festival OF the poor and lowly, on
whom the Great NazATene assures us
In such touching terms that lilo has
compassion anu for whom lie longs to
break "the bread OF consOlatiOn.0 Evsa
to the thoughtlets the passage OF our
annual land mark has In II something
peculiarly solemn. Not alone with
the entry Of new year into what
Shakespeare styles "the fitiul DAWN "
our lives, are we reminded that We ATa
Shy an annual march" brought nearer
TO our hnal home; but many Of US are
also brought 10 Tscollect with TemOrtu.
full pAugs concerning FILTERED time
and wasted opportunities. To these
rcgteiful tNlugep, wei probably
owe the number OF good
resolutions annually offered up
al the threshold OF the infant yvaT. On
these occasions We may DO said u
measure out the gradually waning
sauds In our emptying hour. glass, and
no We painfully mote the lessunlnE dis.
lance between us And the tomb, We
naturally make some mental pledges
regarding what IL known ~ "braciug
up"
About tho flrst OF January, therefore,
We may trace u llltlouu6aslneas among
tho general run " our fTiends anu
Auquaihlancos. IL not ut all unusual
on these occasions 10 DO buttonholed
by some now convert ~ tue teachings
OF the late J. y. Cough, VINO Ia a BURT
ot confidence will Inform you that the
saloon keeper Will no longer thrive aud
grow fat NJ his expense. leaving this
temperance orator In oil the glory OF
neWIy acquired virtue, you Will IN all
likelihood DO Rcoob,ed by the tobacco
victim, who Informs you that Tor the
space OF an annual trip around
the SUI, the soothing weed Will
know him no more. Next
comes the cigarette patient, who
ny the wsy, II In far worse condition
than the honest tobacco victim. After
listening 10 his tale OF woe, In which
"Duke's Cameo, Vanity Far" and
other brands OF the noXious slun are
consigned 10 hGdys for tho space OF
"a twelvemonth, you proceed onward,
ami II you are philauthDpist YOU
viii probably sign 10 think OF tho suat.
tered resolutions nnI promises OF nc.
form made IN all confidence aud goOu
faith.
Now, see theIo resolutions, though,
Aus, In too macy Instances they DO
not stand the tlern test Of time, We.
bear testimony 10 the Inherent good
that dwells within the human htart.
IL Ia owing la great measure 10 tut
moral cowaruice ana shriukage from
lTivAtlon that oharaoIsri1a Nv many ef