Show THOUGHTS AT THE OV OF A lav NC ancill Ill YEAR we e lure have now alv aneed about twelve days journey in if the year IM we ure ore taking initiative steps along with this great earth in its iti diurnal revolutions we tire are astonished when aroused from our reveries to really ponder upon the mighty speed that we ive are really beius bein in hurlia through spice ml ani e we seem to be in ili 1 it I state of test leal file ma neti sin of the eurth n is I a force slid that aliat decline to net act upon us old but tor for a brief period we might ba thrown pall niell mell into space while home bome with its in surroundings 0 and anany endeared eail ennd forast with its iti friends aud and continuo on WALL ino and e I 1 III ili clr cir auit the influence howeler how is n mutual wr we cling to the eurth and the tha earth holds to us u by its influence nud carries us aloni through the days daya anil nights months and years whether sleeping or aake an ale to toil and nil diligence thus the creator ordered atia it in tile be beginning tinning that this earth should hold to its own that the hie ilog vegetable getable mia anin animal kial kingdoms kingdom should not be lost or hurled avay an ay into space to bo bal attracted by the magnetism of other worlds other oilier planets have hare the saine laws hence ill all created things are hold to its own sphere while the planets themselves without a jar career along the orbits fixed for their legitimate track it is wonderful to contemplate the precision that governs the movements of the itry worlds many months av a ag v the eclipse of the sun still that occurred uit the other day wis was foretold by scientists scientist and the very hour of tire day when it vi was as to occur waa iiii stilted stated yes yea tile lie very 6 second 0 of f tinie time that the eclipse vito to be begin i baud alj lie hie second of time bitne when he II 11 the hie inter intervening planet was w s to pao from before the suns disk and cease to til ut out t lie r ce ih Ls ra rays vs III from 0 ni the births firt lia inhabitants the scrip inform its in that tile lie sun be daik cued erred before the coming of the sun sim ot of man this instance I 1 ilay be but a small showing of 0 similar thing which oe ate to take tice place in the last IASI days neither is ii this the fa firt M exhibition of tire nil governs the system ot of worlds that career through hie file upper topper deep but wo we who looked upon A flu is eclipse may be ba reminded of the fact that the works of ill the creator fire are so 60 perfect that tile unite mind is unable to grasp their perfections send and must and should confess that all perfect ioa belongs to god byl whose lose children we are and from whom a knowledge Inow ledge of these wonderful laws must be derived deri led it if man mail is ever made the recipient it is t true rue men inen have delved deep aiuto the science of astronomy many of its I 1 aws arld and tocoi afi they art arii able to demonstrate itis it is the creator who has inspired them and permitted these things to come coane to their knowledge th they ey tili should admit taj lot but many fail to they the glory to themselves hut but this article wits was not star stalled ted as an ALI astronomical disquisition merely the year 1 wits was had in we ve wondered w lilt was to Q be ill the history of this year how holy far fiill v ill it adt aj kelco us mortals in the scale of intelligence low how near will it bring brin gusto us to the desired season ol of peace and good will tile peoples just dwell upon this planet how far will it il ad us towards tile hie lay day of pei peace alien licit ambit bolls lolls find nc aspirin g train man wll will cease to learn the artill arf of or ar that lie he may tread upon the 1118 necha of liis his fellow man we cannot hope bopa can call be 11 within us arid ami coglad ran car be inc increased leased ito in the lie fiction promises 9 that have been divinely made to choso aho c who trust lit in him there are ar a praiseworthy efforts we ive nil all can cali make it we ire till we can carnal itly seek after knowledge lend try to sain ain wisdom floru rom all good books this 3 year car may be ilailo profitable to is ii nil int bace i is if tile the glory of god and ll it bri brings 91 the lie angelic angel hosts basis near to the throne where the hie 1 C god ell dispensed liis his favors and inspired anthems anthem of o to those alio ito haic ila C faithfully endured lite lire cross an and 1 I followed hin through oil as ai well us i good report calamities no doubt will befell befall the world this abi TC year mr the destroyer dotro may forth upon tile the of seeseei sod rivers riven vre e know ilot bot but god rulith ili i the heavens heaven and on the earth nil his judgment may ireca broad continents and disturb the cities of 0 tile the nations na lion who ofus of ui tan can stay their march already tornadoes lorna doci lira and buil boil ill hae e wrought 92 bail 1 havoc in recall Iv ivania artlee as ai will ill ile bo ciscell by to days iwuc tile the proud monuments monument of atone have been rushed crushed by the force of the I 1 nind ind as if they lead had been built of paper live liv h bave been lost still and many have lave hall hail to lie 10 dug aroln the ruins in crippled candit conditions dit ions bythe throng tile the account is heart rending ond anil touches ilia finest feelings of 0 hu ih ban anity ity who can cali for forriter ritel or aniag ine ilia record of the twelve mouths we must watch waldi illy by day for new developments anti trust in ili the iho pro of him vi alio ito liolin tire hie destine of man in ili liis hill grasp we R wish uell mell for the alic brkl and its it in aad sincerely dono that these occurrences lit bb staid aln ul it if tile ends of and nd eternal ctorn til julles jull cs couba be an all lowered c can only trust trint in tile ilia of C ad volio knew ilia end front from the hie beginning and baho re quires of ui obedience trill and alar lii aels isia lo 10 confess that lie ile docs dill all tit it 95 inell nc 1 l and led ge avio I 1 in liand hand in ili all tiling may the 1100 n ir li nr r ments of 0 the year yar tend to lo bring all mankind inin kind to lu it sense of lit alic a import anca of doing right with wilh neighbors both in life hie morat moral and political poli lical world hit abat our eternal dalbor in deal aith our race mid arid open at last to lo the faithful an en terance through II 11 the celestial gates gales where here mortal conflicts conflict i will be ended and the dominion till ill belong to the father and tho the son norles voit hout tod end |