The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-12-21
Reveries on the Winter So|stice


struggle penetrate the northern atmosphere, have lost
much of their revvifying and warming Cold barren
The earth nted with snow
The lakes brooks and vuets frozen. The
trunks boughs twg eucased icy shrouds while the
pendent mammoth melancholy teardrops
The canopy hidden by the looking clouds
through which vanly strives send few of
hope happiness The small shrubbery bends beneath it's
weight until almost PROSTATE the ground.
The merry chping birds beneath these inviting
get shelter. The traveller looks of
his wagon with foebodngs. His tired
beasts shrink from the storm but struggle along and faithfully
their efforts.
wonderfully changed aud strange But yes
rich carpet of living green bedecked the earth
lovely flowers laden the atmosphere with their delicate
fragrance Silently invisible fingers this beautiful
vesture. Its beauty had brought5oy and hope
weary buoyant with sunshine In the the
transformed into golden harvest and precious
fruage The tiler of the soil reoced the abundance
of the fruit of his labor and with keen and heart
he garnered the naured Hehad sown carefully the
and in the he reaping bountuly Honest toll
brings honest recompense.
The twilight of the came tpace The frosts OF
touched the leaves and IT, finger of God painted
delicate and varieg Ned hue He moved His
heavenly wand and the lofty the level pares and
golden fields enshrouded feahery wheness The
rusing, unfeeling winds plucked the dry leaves from
bough twig and ruthessy cast them the ground
moulder and decay
And now with the ending of tie twilight the
midnight year. The ayed edges of less vegetation
stick from the covering mockery of its
beauty and glory Deahike subr prevails everywhere
1t hour of repose It only from the past
gain strength for the future. On the the will begin
climbing the and nature will There
will be physical resurrection. Nature will be robed
her beauty The fields and will be clothed again living
green and shrub aud flower will put their
full and send forth their delightful fragrance
There will be untold blessings along
Northern Journey We will hear the glorious anthem GLORY
to God in the highest and earth, peace, good will
men, There will be the reverenta applaud millions they
listen the chant Fear for. behold bring you good
tngs Of great joy which shall be to all people For you
born this day in the city of David Savior which Christ
the Lord" The poor and hnly cadthose
from winter cold and pangs Of hnnger will again rejoice
of the ending of the years midnight and the dawn
another beautiful day The verna showers and nvgorang
sunshine everything life activity and new
joys will be usllered in
What have we, who comfortably housed and
for, done fortunate brothers, Have divided
portion with them? Have helped to cothe the destute
Have given food to the hungry. Have mnsered
to the sick Have given sympathy to the distressed
Have done anything in these midnight hours of deprivation
and grief? Have nober feelings been the downward
grade until all the sunshine has been turned aside by
mpeneabe atmosphere of selness and GOODNESS and forget
ulness and unkndnes If let this be the lowest dcenson of
social and charitable it its upward
journey difusng light and sunshine day. pene
ratng into desoate and disconsoae home giving
newed life and joy entering discouraged heart and bid
ding it look up
There is work for ALL Whether the midday or the
night of the plenty do Unfortunate humanity
demands assistance. few kind words kinde hope
Some need something in addition to kind words Out of
the abundance that hath been vouchsd prudenty but
magnanimousy families may be suffering because the
father find employment Help him. The days of pros
perty be short but those of adversely
long His June be pleasant but his December distressing
Age and n6rmity be bearing him down towards the final
eSei4 s @ s He s ,ys nss S
brow with silvery tint and the twilight traced shadows
down his cheeks.
There ample opportunity for charitable work all around
Our neighbor may need pressing assistance There
a suffering child within crying distance. There
be by struggling youth who needs assistance and
oouragemsnt who needs friend There may be the
prime life who his best energies get along but
who stricken with disease There be the aged and un.
fortunate poor who needs support. Let look around and
ascertain of these will be char dereection
of duty that the balmy zephys of the
spring the fragrant bearing beezes of the rening
frosts of will all be for preparing for the chill