The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-10-21
THE BENEFICENT SEASON.

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the land. Maturity. ripeness.
richness and the tender luscious.
ness of what the year has accom-
pllshed are blended for our senses
to revel in. 1t was well enough
for our beloved poet to sing of
melancholy days.
1.-THE saddest OF the year.
With wailing winds and naked woods
Aud meadows brown and scar"
But the trees are not yet dis
robed; they are garmented in
glory; the glow of triumph is
upon all the woods and fields !;
the nuts are ripe and ready to
fall; the Indian corn hangs its
great yellow ears, so heavy that
they bend stalks, over countless
acres; the wheat is coming up.
and the apples are ripe. Twas
the Greek flute blower whoun-
derstood autumn the best He
felt the brimming. fruity opu.
lence of it when he wrote that
incompatible line:
..All things breathed summers riches
and autumn g fruits,
1t is the high tide of the year,
when the earth is like an enorm.
GUS grape ready to burst withlts
JUICY treasures, Melancholy has
no place in considering life and
nature at this combing point Of
the years triumphant wave.
Mans heart should be us mellow
and liberal as the season, happy
in the fulness of experience and
success. Spring and summer are
the ingredientsof autumn-green
and gold are fused-and from
skyline to skyline shimmers the
spirit of unity, an arc of the great
circle of perfection. which must
be taken as the type Of true
and great life.
Bounty is another name for
autumn, and charity spills from
the brlm Of the word. Now must
|she rich look upon. the poor with.
a6sofnte cognition Of brother.
hood. Winter is coming; Nature
will slip her bolts Of ice and tas-
ten hard every door of her treas
ure houses. Cutting blades Of
wind will pierce the ragged gar.
'ments of the unfortunate. Weak
ness and sickness will join with
want; hunger will aid vice. Now
is the opportunity for opulenceto
be crowned with tenderness and
generosity. Let the unbounding
surplus gush over into the areas
of need and irriagate them.
Nature really sets the pace for
man. She does not hoard her
wealth. She gives every nut,
every berry. every bulb, every
grain, every gush Of sweet sap,
every well-spring, every breath
of fresh air freely. Take all, she
says-take all, aud be happy.
And then she turns again and
works the year round Cor another
show of unstinted generosity.
Wealth is a glorious thing when
its holder realizes its tremend-
Gus power for good. Money in
millions is a measure of what
righteousness actually means 1t
gives the truly good man and
woman the only adequate liberty
to indulge the splendid realityof
human love and charity.
We hear it said that as age
comes on men and women grow
colder, harder, bitterer. more
lselfish; but this should not be.
The retrospect given by the ad.
vancing autumn OF life should
mellow our feelings and sweeten
and broaden our sympathies. II
our spring time was chilly and
unsatisfactory, if our summer
time failed US somewhat, and il
our autumn time is chill and
blustery, we must recollect how
those seasons could have been
Frightened, lightened and made
happy BY a little timely aid from
the unfortunate and wealthy.
Why not do for others what
would have been SO helpful and
encouraging to US ? Why not
1 go o.trun IN yi,n<ar I'm