The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-27

scenes presented 10 Que view. 10 some
of us there arise like dim spectres ac-
tlons which since their performances
have caused us no end OF sorrow and
remorse, deeds which have left SEEM
ingly indelible impress upon our hearts
upon our minds, Vainly we endeavor TO
obllterate the impression. but 1t seems
too deep, and We groan In anguish. To
others of us scenes portraying sins rath-
err OF omission than Of commission are
pictured In vivid colors. Opportunities
that we have had of assuaging grief OF
mitigating sorrow, of lending helping
hand where aid was needed, all such OPP
portunlties mayNhave failed to be taken
advantage of by MS and as we revert TO
such failures, and observe that due to
our Inactivity much harm has been
done, and that our Indifference to exist
ing needs has produced untold suffer-
ings, what keen pangs Of regret take
possession of US, and while we remem-
Der and regret, we endure yeritable tor
lures.
To others Of us again different are the
scenes presented to view. The curtain
Of oblivion rises and we glance back on
failure after failure In life's struggles.
Misfortune after misfortune may have
seized us with almost paraly2ing fierce
ness. We have attempted this, but all
to no avail. We have lahored in this
direction but have met uaught but re-
pulses and rebuffs and defeat We have
struggled with might and main along
the rugged pathway OF life, but the path
has lead to what? To wreck and ruin
Some Of us have fought with determina-
tion begotten of despair to make both
ends meet, but alas the ends diverge too
much, and such meeting Is impossible.
Some of us, like Moses of old, have as
cended from the Moab of mediocrlty to
the Nebo of ambition and hope, have
glanced about us at the Gllead and Leb-
anon of longed-for success, have been
privileged to behold the promised land
but while striving to reach 1t have found
ourselves excluded therefrom, Yes, dis
appointment after disappointment and
failure after failure have given US
rather a pesslmistic view OF life tand
under the burdens OF our misfortuneS
we grleve and moan,
To some of us the passing away OF
the dying year brings back and inten-
stiles remembrances of pain, Of almost
maddening sickness, OF days and weeks
of existence when even death itself was
besought, when recovery did not seem
worth striving fbr and all seemed DER,
To such no pleasant recollections of joy
are retained, naught but visions of sor-
row does the passing year bring TO view.
And then to some the retrospect of the
past serves but to resurrect tle aGonieI
of months, serves but 70 open old
wounds to which the healing balm of
consolation has been frequently applied.
'Thre is no flock. however watched and
tended,
But one dead lamb Is there
There is no tireslde, hosoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chair"
And so among us there may he those
to whom the death of the passing
period but recalls the everlast-
ing departure from earthly life Of dear
ones, OF darling young ones, of beloved
sisters or brothers, of revered parents.
What a vacancy, what yawnlns
chasm of chaos has their departure left
in our midst To such as this evening
recalls these thoughts, tt seems that day
itself We're dark, that life itself were
| unreal that everything II covered with
weeds and sackcloth, and that mourn.
Ing alone, deep, hcartrcuding sorrow
will Ger be their lot, Yes, upon the
stage of the past year are bcheld Incl
dents and occurrences that have
brought naught but sorrow and grief.
MAN MUST SUFFER.
But thon after ALL my friends, It Ia
not for mortal man to be altogether fret
from pain, to go through life ne'er
meeting any adversely. Nothing tina,
has Ger exerted any animating influence
on the world, nothing Of any worth,
nothing lasting has ever been produced
without the producer thereof encoun-
Ing opposition and difficulties which oft
| threatened to engulf him and cause him
| to yield. Civilization may be the prog.
ress from savage life TO the cultured life
! OF the arts and learning, but It Is az well
the progress Of labor opposition. Every
century brings more to overcome.
| Every rise In culture encounters more
accumulated obstacles. Every reform,
Invention and discovery meets with
! greater difficulties. And yet are they
the less commendable? Are they of less
worth? 1t IL the law Of the universe
! that without pain there can be no gain.
II Ia not always the easiest path that
| leads to success and victory Moses
| took forty years to perform a journey
| days Job suffered ahllCtion upOr af-
Fiction ere he beheld his vIndicatlon,
and every hero and martyr In the world
has endured indescribable tortures ere
victory crowned his efforts. How shalt
we then expect to pass through life UNI
| touched by the strong, chilling hand OF
| adversely? How can we In the face OF
all this hops to realize our loftiest am
billions unsCathcd by the flaming brands
| Of lifc's aches and pains? If life Is to
| be worth tho living we must pasH
through gauntlet after gauntlet Of DIFF
| fcult experience ere the distant goal OF
| triumph, success and happiness be
reached.
And the goal must and will be reach
ed. For almost as memorable as IA the
law of cause and effect IL the law Of
gain from pain.
The past year may have brought TO us
| all excessive sorrows and pains In our
different spheres of life. hut may we not
hope that the eliminating point has
been reached? May we not have the
sanguinc expectations that tonight
forms the dividing line separating many
Of the sorrows from tho joysAOf life?
Can we not. should we not look forward
TO the coming year as n time wherein
such happiness as we may not have eX-
pcrienccd the past year may yet be
| ours?
Following the New Year comes the
holiday known as Yom Kippur, the Day
Of Aioncmcnt This occurs ten days
from now and Is the most solemn of
| Hebrew holidays and from nov until
then arc days Of repentance. Tic Feast
Of the Tabcrnnclcs viii occur October
II. It IL the harvest rc6tlyal Of the
year and will be celebrated deliberately
this year,
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