Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-12-22
THE SHOWS VALUE AND COM.
PENSATION
(From An EXchange.)

| i' lily iurIner Knows
that snowy winter mems larger and
better Gro ps to follow, and welcomes
It, The dwellers in towns and cities
have some some compensation. how
ever. In New York City last Mon.
day ten thousand men were employ.
cd in clearing the snow from tho
streets.
49, FAREWELL OLD YEAR.
| me on year will soon have passed
INTO history. We will part with i,
as with an old friend. To some i,
ms brought much joy-to others sor-
,ow' Yet we are reluctant to saw
,areweil. Like II palsicd man it tot,
.s "s IL hcars the end of liic's Jour
NY a"u goes forward towards the vast
vault wherein doth lie the forms nf
dead dynastics and shcetcd rrntmr;".
swept by the rcmorselcss hnnd IF t;n,n
10 that great graveyard ut the on.
tan,iye Oh which rises the imaginary
tombstone upon which is insrr;i,aa
these words; THE PAST, There 10
sublime solcmnity in the SLOWLY
moving vet never varying tide NJ |
years. Man hns marked its own coursr
hto hours, days, weeks, months, and
| centuries, yet it PUSHES on, on, and
''il on, utterly ummindful of the puny
| marks raised to measure the tide thai
never tires, Dynastics have roso.
'"urlshcd and dccaycd; cities have
lrHhg from fertile plains and then
sank beneath the deserts shifting |
sands; continents have reared their
lotty brows above the occan's track
eS$ waste, only to return to the cor
~ taverns from which they rose: I
| '''WH have risen to the noon OF splon-
u"f and then been lost in the dark
MSS OF night, but Time, plodding,
lr''S Time. sweeps on with tho same
regnhrity MS when it first issued
.orlh' from the hollow of Gods hnnG
10 inc chant of the mornings stors
ana INC proclaimed Creations dawn
Nnu wv Time is hut the image of
..c'n',N the shadow of II shorccss
"I'' theNype ct duration for which
m u"' ages past and the Moons to
come would not make or constitute
the first faint flush Of the first strcnk
e. dawh of its second mornin. "Elrr.
M, my, Vhons pleasing dreadful thought
h"' never cndirE reign succeeding
inc crash oil matter and the wreck of
the WORLDS, suns, systems. ntclli-
gence has achieved triumphs. IL has
read The stars of heaven and can ,
! loretcll To n second when the great
licry sun will be hidden in partial
or total eclipse; it can read the his
tory of creation on the rocks of mn
ture and unfold the secrets hidden
by God in the bowels of the earth;
but when IL attempts Ia grasp the
Significance of eternity it stands
abnshed and dumfounded NJ its ina
bility to comprehend I'm infinite plan. |
The New Wear.
"a friend stood Mt the door;
In either tight-closcd hand
Hiding rich gifts, three hundred and
three score;
Waiting to strcw thom daily DER the
land,
Even as the sewer.
Each drops he, trcads il in, and pns-
cs by;
1t cannot be made fruitful till il die.
Friend. come thou like.a friend,
And whether bright thy face,
Or dim with clouds we cannot COM
prchend;
Wen hold our patient hands, each
in his place,
And trust thee to the end;
Knowing thou lcadcst onward to those
spheres
Where there are neither days, nor
months. nor years.
Miss Mullock, in this beautiful poem \
gives our ideas better than we can y
express them. The idea Of each day l.
being II gift, hidden from us until its /,
hour comes, is Il pretty thought. So i
many gifts, so much time to use for /
either profit or loss, and so many
hands are hid out eagerly FOR the l.
coming days, looking for them to
bring happiness, or gain Of some b
kind. The spirit sometimes grows S
faint before the unknown future, con
sequcntly it is enough To take one day \
ut n time and try To make that good.
1T is hard enough even then and II
sometimes il is best To so hour by Il
hour One day ut time is the Sc
cret of every noble life. One day ut
n Time, taken up brnvcly with its du- {
tlcs faithfully done as they come, its ]
Trials patiently borne, its temptations a
carried, lis Joys T!i Re sheerfuiiy
its gladncss gathered from every y
hour AS it passes on. Instead of MAX.
ing many resolutions AT the first Of
the year TO he quickly broken, let us
strive to meet each day bravelv and
take what il brings unqucstioningly. =,
ooh, hang some lamp like hope
Above the unknown way,
Kind year to give our spirits freer
scope,
And our hand strength to work while
it is day."
Courage for New Year.
Have the courage to start right and
keep right.
Have the courage TO turn from
evil and cling to that which is good
Have the courage to prefer com \
fort and proprictv to fashion in all
things. Ia
Have the courage to wear your old {
clothes until you can pay for new
ones. q
Have the courage to discharge
debt while you have the money in 5
your pocket.
Have the courage to obey your {
conscience at the risk Of ridicule from ;