The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-01
Wednesday, January |, 1902.
TIE NEW YEAR.

other revolution and the fresn young
year has been urshered into time
amid the songs of the morning stars
whose voices harmoniously blend
in songs of thanksgiving and praise
unto him who from nothing brought
into existence this beautiful world
OF ours with all it's joys and happi-
ness, as we'll as it's tears, it's so-rows
and it's disappoinments.
The old year upon which the I'm
ger Of inexorable time has traced
the sad, solemn and impressive word
"Finis", has been a remarkable one
in many respects. II some kind fairy
would permit US to scan the pages OF
the volume which has just been closed
never to be again opened until that
great and momentous day when the
'arcbargel shall declare in tones OF
thunder that will awaken the dead
and cause the living to tremble with
fear, that s'time shall be no MORE"
we would be greatly surprised to
read the life's history of many OF those
whose life We supposed to have been
all sunshine and happiness and across
whose pathway no sorrow cast it's
ugly shadow to mar with its unwel-
come presence the cheerfulness of
their outward lives. The lesson
to be learned is that into every life
some rain must fall, there are some
burdens to bear and some disappoint-
ments to endure and that it carries
more genuine happiness to others
and brings sweeter pesce to our own
sorrow stricken souls to meet the
storme, the difficulties and the dis
pointments of life with face radiant
with the bright sunshine of happiness
and with a spirit of cheerfulness that
begets confidence in ones power to
conquer the difficulties of life as they
occur than to be continually wearing
long faces and going about in sack
cloth and ashes bemoaning with q
loud voice our hard lot in life. It
should be remembered that gloomi-
ness as we'll as cheerfulness is con-
tagious and our own happiness should
lead Us to cultivate spirit of cheer
fulness
It is an indispatable fact that the
year which has just closed has in
some respects been hard one upon
the industrial world. The seasons
have been unpropitious and the earth
has refused to yield her wonton in
crease, consequently farm work has
been Improbable, agriculture de-
moralized and the farmers discour-
aged. A spirit of discoutent aid
unrest has taken possession of many
and some are seriously thinking of
leaving their farms and their homes
and their beautiful country life around
which cluster 80 many hallowed and
sacred memories, to join the
teeming hundreds who are battling
for bread and meat and raiment
packed like sardines in box in the
overcrowded thoroughfares of the
towns and cities. In their dissatis-
faction they vainly imagine that others
are making greatec successes in life'
that they are and spirit Of envy has
taken possession of them and in their
discomfort they know not where to
turn for relief.
Standing as We do today upon the
threshold Of the bright new year,
with it's untrodden paths, let US take
courage born of hope and press on
toward the fulfllment OF the purpose
for which we were created, remem-
bering 'that there is destiny which
shapes our ends, rough hew them as
we may" sndin every condition IN lie
in which we may be placed, let US
learn Herewith to be contest. Let US
act we'll are part and peace, happl:
ness and contenrment will follow and
we shall have served our day and
generation we'll.