The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-01
p,IBI,shED EVERY WEDNESDAY
TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF.
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somemore or less appropriate
New Year suggestions is not
one Of Selomon's proverbs, but
sc is one Of the peoples proverbs
which practice will never per
NIT to- pass into s'inoccuous de.
suetude.
January list, 1918! Beginning
a new year may be compared 10
a great train leaving a grand
central depot for a journey. across
the continent. All around the
station there is great confusion.
trainmen and passengers and
friends hurrying to and fro un-
) I'll aAn aboard is called by the
conductor and the slow putting
! of the mighty locomotive and the
low grinding of the heavy wheels
on the rails tell to all observers
that the long journey is really
begun.
On that train may be more
than one person who is going
west for a new start in life, the
resolution burning in the heart
is our time-worn proverb 'I am
determined to turn over a new
leaf, when I reach nv destina-
tion. f."
In every life and in life's va
ried activities there is opportu
nifty for turning over new leaf
in regard to caring for the frag-
ments that will necessarily be
found all along the year, and
which are too often neglected as
of no value. The thoughtless,
careless spirit which would leap
to secure great things and at the
same time despise smalls
things is condemned by all
philosophy, whether human or
divine. God himself manifests
a constant care for fragments.
He shows this quality of his ma
ture by his preservation Of the
fragments. Here is presented an
o7er-powering thought: You can
not absolutely destroy anything.
You may shatter a mass, you
may change combinations, you
may alter appearance. but the
elements still exists. The reve-
latlons made by the microscope
are as marvellous as many of the
scientific revelations upon which
you gaze with open.eyed wonder.
The truth that God cares for
fragments is further shown by
his use of them. The sands Of
the beach are composed of count
less billions of fragments leach
grain Of sand being fragment
of some huge granite bed-out
upon these fragments beats the
shock OF old oceans mighty waves
with no other effect than to make
them more compact and more
able to resist the impact of old
mighty hammerings. In number
less thousands the leaves of the
forest fall upon the earth, speed
lily deeompose and thus form a
better and more fruitful soil.
Each of urreaders may today
ssturn over a new leaf" by the
wise determination to conform In
thought and. practice to this di-
vine law concerning the frag.
ments: Of time. Snatch the
feeting moments and use them
for the cultivation of the mind
and of the spirit also. If a busy
cobbler could find time to raster
a foreign language, sure you can
ind time to become acquainted
with the rules for the properuse
of yclr uaother-tongue! Lying
all ABOUT you are fragments OF
opportunity Tor doing coca. Lit
tie kindnasses, which. yca WoSid
not co.snt worthy q place on .ycss
record BOOK. nay be- dispensed
with sGc!1 al easy grace, with
such a cheerful spirit, that scase
sad heart mag be cheered, or
some weary s2al colfor5ed. And
that fragn z ssasss a
great reWa S IS
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v::l be we'll worth ,yopr w ai}}ssSSss
gasder. these, so that noGe .ef
pnavm may. beslost. Some persons
are forever placing oa exalci.iSa
the many unhappy experiences
which have marred their lives at
some point in the dim and distant
past. Be not subject to such an
Influence; but rather keep 'son
tap" a case of happy memories
and every draught therefrom will
exhilorate your friends, will
tighten the sad eyes with a CLEAN
Of Joy and warm the sad heart
with a beaming ray Of good
cheer.
o reader, start the New Ye y
right and always be mindful -
the useful fragments which may
be along your path.
TEE LEGAL PROFESSION SHOULD BE
GUARDED.
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