The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-27

Year We are forced 10 think.
| Not C dream about me pcasvi
1 OF tomorrow. not TO glOat over the W
| lights OF yesterday not TO h'sel
! the delicate feasts, not to remcnnci lht
| fascination OF the game, or the bedu'4i"
| woman, Of tho dainty dishes, OF Tue me
wines, but to face that inward mohitol'
| tho conscience. and wonder ABOUT lhc ~"
| ture. Somewhere, my friend. thcie - y
| Lif0 Book that has, written upon me iiiSt
| page, your name. Tho preface tens o. al
! that Is yours by heredlty OF your S liNiio".
| ments, and tho temptations that, because
| the flesh is weak. VIII most surely com,
! 10 you. greater being IMAM you pu1
! down the name and wrote the PREM
| but you have been nllng me leaN,S WIN
your own writing sometimes clear, some
| times blurred. blurred, perhaps Win
wine stain, faded out with a tear crop
! or made crimson by your heart plooq;
| And when that book is road. there VIII
| be another book opened. and your iate
win be told TO YOU as tho leaves OF the
| great Judgment Book unfold .....,,
! THOUGHTS OF THE OLD YEAR
Tonight. take an hour to yOurself-de-
vote an hour. only sixty minutes, u
| thinking oil the year gone by Juuso
! yourself by the laws written on Inc 5toH9
! tablets 50 many thousand years dso anu
| see what the record would be III your ITO
| book II IL were read by stranger. .NtFyI
mind whether you arc acquainted WIN
| those laws in the order IN whlcn me
| were written, or nOt-yOu know the ull-
ference between virtue and vice. betw cen
/ right and WONG, without absolute cA
/ actuess. Take up tho book ana look NJ
| Il. You arc fortunate. my friend. our
! ife-bOOk is daintlly bound. us corner
arc rich I'm silver gilt, ana your name -
| wrought upon 10 IN gems OF great price
! Your ueighbOrs book Is OF common Pa
! per, with a poor binding But the great
! Judge does Tot decide Dy appearances,
and yOnr neighbOr las the same chance
| that ycu have, although. indeed, because
| Of The fineness Of the binding because
/ . f- ~,rI.f rl. ~ nI
spent, more good deeds should he writ
! ten in your hook. since you ncvor needed
TO steal fcr bread. OF 20 be dishonest for
| the rakc Of few dollars. These laws
| are old-fashionod-hu so is death old
! fashiono1-apd that which comes aftcr-lt
| is a new fashion
, THE COD OF GREEDINESS.
Took IN the first la,v. have YOU bad enc
| pod or rnanv2 WAS il OF more importance
! ia Won that Won silent easily that YOU ate
/ rich food that YOU adorod beautiful wo-
/ men. and perhaps made an idol Cf ono
| who seemed TO YOU "a little more lovely
! ,bar Am fno r.st2 or aid Won how down
| ,o tneanor ecdsY Did YOU bend tie knee
| 10 the GOD of i.reediness. OF wealth, OF
| lust. ar aid Won worship yourself2 What
/ q mean cod rs self Poor. weak and ut
| tcriv unstable In the hour Of trouble
| could YOU turn TO any one of these. your
chosen gods for help? Perhaps you elect
cd TO have for your gods those children OF
! the brain. those queer, strange beliefs
that lead you-where? Inen. turni-ns Over. over
| liz doo,n 'hi9e1bomcr2 Have You soil
! "a ,.o1r line With tests AGAINST one 80
| ,,,,,cb croitor f,an Yourself that Won
| n,,obt scorcei,. to mention His name.
| 80 win rc,ercntial hCw2 How would
| -, nj, -. 49,, tt,aso fosf- and those
| att.'i II r.o,,lr ,,,,o iron, ~. Inns Of tho
! G,nf O w. 49,, ,,,,,r ro,,,o9 TTov, v,oiiln
IN" M 70 bo,,c fben sad bv tho woman
~ In 80 =" l, icst in sii tho ,voridg You
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| , 49, - lo,,t ,cnecreo. INT q isn't non
| elt,'o 49,, FrieDd. tbera b. very much Of
| ca ec,,so in n
! C,Iovo ,.o',r o,.ne and frnagire Won were n
| bo,- lin and Soc vc,rself nanny in vour
| cund9v emit dressed 10 20 70 church. and
| clnginr Iiko the shv hoy YOU were. 10
| the hand of ,.our mother Then Won sang
| hvrrns and raised vour voice I'm rraise II
| cod offo~ tr9t Won came home md en-
! loved the dsv en- "a ouicf way. hearing
| probably. como If tho stories ~ the Great
| "a .-oC1 80, ,,.bc bo,-o if,.od ar vol are
! ~ ono Man who was n how like Won Am
| +ba+ ho ,,-ae rurr an and we ,onl1 eyrnnn-
! .bizo with Won because Of fhot humanity.
! and vet horaueo ITo knew AN Of voiir do-
| eiros and dfeonnofnfr,onte because q Tfie
| 1i,.i,t4,- H. corl1 ia ,.or 20 .,ro-.rr
| ambitions and console Won rrdor greater
| 5igonnCirtr,rrte ,rbor r,.bc, rf~bt dron-
nod 'te onrtain and t5e etors mined r. nm
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| Nou Won ~ fi',p ,HsllF 49,, - wv.
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So" WIZ -,.. ',-r, ,.,-.-r,.--.
- - 81 q ~ IN 80
| You cpen your ewes and shrug YOUR
| shoulders and saw: Times have CHANGED
| it's different when ones q man" Don't
| you wish you were q boy again? How are
| YOUR SUNDAYS spent now? You sleep late
| in the morning: YOU awaken when the
| churches are letting out: past destinations
have killed your appetite for breakfast,
| and. as YOU would say. YOU drag through
! the day somehow and wish for Monday.
| | wonder how the SUNDAYS will look ass
| they are described upon your Life Book
! That book will be- read before an The
| world and do vCu think YOU will be proud
| Of the account given OF those DAYS.
| Then there comes that commitment
| with promise. the ONLY one. How have
| Won honored those whose name Won bear2
| You count your father as old-fashioncd.
| as something OF q bore. You think you
| vou eend her an occasional preeenf buf
! fhoro never comes to Won INC thouvht ~
! what Won really might do Of what fhev
! hoped for. of low they counted on vour
| bcinr when Won were IA man not only fhe
| dearly beloved son. but the friend and
| the counselor: the one 10 whom thev
| N1uld turn with their sorrows and ind
! sympathy: the one to whom thcv could
bring their pleasure and find sympatnet-
| ic delight.
| do not believe Won care to look af that
| old-fashiOncd picture of your mother that
| is in an cid album among some papcrs
| that are never lI-tufnrd where v,.f ..t
| awkward how. ara. i'm tho nicture Loan
| ing beside her. You had inst cotton o,...
! "a lone illness and This nicturc IN ,.,',, 49,.
| taken bocaueo both fifher ana ,,,tI.r
! feared that death might ciair, Won for