The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-09
Read the good with smiles,
And blot the i'll with tears"

And onward he presses once again, al
ways looking forward" always "look-
ing forward for brighter days, for hap
pier times, for greater success, for I'M
broken and undisturbed peace In home,
in land and in community, And, indeed,
the necessity of looking forward" should
make its effects visible on the incoming
of this New Year 5657, more so, perhaps,
than it has done on any previous occa-
sion, not only on account of the social
obligations which need our close and I'M
divided attention, but also on account
or the great struggle, which is going on
at present throughout the length and
breadth of our beautiful and beloved coun-
try, and which struggle bids fair to as
sumo the same gigantic proportions of
the one between Goliath, the Giant of
Gath, and David, the youthful son of
jesse
In the history of a nation and of a
people there has never been problem
of greater weight presented for solution
than the one, to which we are now all
looking forward. I'VE need all the nobility
of character, all the discrimination of
mind, all the power of argument, all the
conservative and disinterested experience
that can possibly be brought to the aid OF
a country's hope and a nations veal.
Trembling in the balance of an unknown
future, lies that all absorbing and all i'm
portant question of the hour, "silver or
gold" and upon its successful issue will
depend all that the true loyal American
citizen holds most dear on earth. To him
the immortal words of Longfellow are
but the echo of his own honest heart, and
the longing of mis- own innermost soul:
"Sail on, ship of state,
Sail on, union strong and great,
Humanity, with all it's fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
T. No. rs,,r l., H.. E.aA
With such a knotty problem before US,
for solution, we may surely be forgiven,
if, in striving to dive into the future of
the New Year, we breathe forth the earn
est prayer of our text, that to all of us,
Conscience and Wisdom and Right will
whisper, GO, and may the Lord be with
thee" Go, and may your noble efforts
both collective and individual, bring back
the confidence of the past and the pros
perity of former days. Go, and may the
Lord be with you in everything, which
shall have in view the successful issue
Of every struggle either national or So
cial or communal or individual. Depend
upon it, friends, looking forward to the
future is a task of most serious import,
for as the New Year grows on apace, by
the addition of each moment, minute,
hour. day, week or month, so does that
future grow brighter and brighter for 9TH
igent attention to the ever living present.
If that present be strong, we shall look
forward" in strength; If 1t be filled with
useful deeds and thoughts and acts, we
shall look forward to a hope that Will
never die, to a life that will cast no dark
shadow of regret behind. Be not carried
away with the idea that the future will
take care of itself, and that the present
can, therefore, be neglected with impu-
nifty, as not being at all helpful in aiding
us to look forward
This is too much in accord with the
practice of the untutored Indian, who
fells the tree that he may gather the fruit,
and thus relinquishes future important
blessings, for momentary pleasure and en-
joyment. To such the late lamented Henry
Ward Beecher undoubtedly alluded when
he said HE who is false to present du-
ty breaks a thread in the LOOM and will
find the flaw when he may have forgotten
the cause"
The New Year holds higher ambitions
for you all, my beloved friends, and hence
its refrain, its wish, its very entreaty to
you is look forward" Unite one with
the other to consummate this
grand desire, and depend upon
II, the struggle VIII be an
honorable one / every sense of the word
1t will be the struggle of right over
might, wisdom against folly, zeal against
indifference, religion against skepticism
God Almighty on the one side, and satan
the accuser, on the other. There need be
no fear as to the ultimate issue of that
struggle. Judaism and Israel have fought
it together for centuries, and have al
ways proved triumphant. Keep up the
traditions of your fathers valor and love
of faith; remember it means a looking
forward" to brighter prospects, to hap
pier lives. to unbroken peace and union
and concord. GO, and may the Lord be
with thee" May the future teach us all
that the mould of mans fortune is in his
own hands" and may those hands bring
from that mold a perfect whole. Nav
every step forward bring us nearer to God
nearer to the common brotherhood of
man, and nearer to the final solution of
the great problem Of life.
"And as the blessed angels turn,
The pages of our years,
God grant they read the good with smiles