Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-15
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From the Olive Branch.
"f0U WILL TAKE TIME TO DE-"

"iUU WlbL IAkE TlnE IU DlE."
Years ago, young housekeeper, far away
in the West was solicited by an elderly ser
want, to attend weekly meeting.
go have not time, Mrs. OMAHA" she
replied. ."'rhe baby will cry-Mrs. Smith
will call probably-I wish to finish the gar
'meut have had on hand so long-positive
lly, have not time to 60"
"You will take time to die, Madam-par
don my boldness," she responded, sorrowful
ly and sterply.
That arrow hit its mark. M the excuses
offered by that thoughtless young lady had
beentempty as the wind; the babe would
have been safe with its nurse the work wa.
mere pastime, and the visitor was not, Ger.
tainly, expected. That humble follower Of
Jesus, with the checked apron and wide
bordered, white muslin cap, was to her a
"preacher of Righteousness" more potent
than hundreds Of the learned and talent had
been /; and she quailed beneath the fixed
gaze of her calm blue eye, and kept silence
like chastised child.
Mrs. Gray went to that meeting, and there
she learned 10 pray. She always had time''
to 60 afterwards; plenty of time" for
every good word and work, and no presen.
timents about baby crying or ladies calling
she was Christian That word in sea.
son saved her; and if she is now set as a
jewel in the crown Of the Redeemer, next
10 him, thanks to that humble Irish woman.
"You will take time to die," is good
e g, bofo Vo r,inhf oil
preach such sermons, as we have opportun.
ty: but we seldom think of it. We are all
under obligations to preach, daily, and if we
realized as we ought, that we must" take time
to die," we would find time to attend to the
things that concern the life to come. Few, in.
deed, to those persons who plead want Of
time" to attend to the concerns of the soul,
have" not time" for idle amusement, for dress
and display, for the incipient steps to wealth
and fame-they stake time" for all these
things
Reader, is there poverty you are wishing
to relieve, when you have time ? Is there
one poor, breaking heart to which you mean
to apply the balm of sympathy when you
have time? Is there any one wandering in
the road to eternal death, whose attention
you hope to arrest, by we'll directed word,
when you have time we tell you solemnly
as we hope for heaven-the time is Now !!
The poor might starve; the last heart.strain.
ing Of the sorely tried might snap asunder; ;
the wonderer from God might pass beyond
the reach Of mercy; while YOU coldly pur-
suing your daily round Of cares, insult hu-
msnity and God, by promising to do your
duty when you hare time. Do it now.
Could we realize that we must :" take time
to die"-that the Death angel is lowering
about our path, his purpose fixed, his arrow
forever pointed-could we realize that hour
when his barb shall be planted in our bo-
SONS, when tears, nor prayers, nor love can
pluck it out. o, could we realize that hour
when its poison will rankle in every vein,
and paralyze every nerve, when the pulse
will die away to come again more family,
and the spasmodic mouth will gasp at the
free air of heaven, to close again unsatisGed;
when the ague of death will be upon US, and
1.-THE physician will shake his head and whis-
per, at is almost over" Could we realize all
this, would we not write upon all life's duties
Nov? -
Time speeds as the whirlwind That last
great battle, whose history was never written
is almost here to all-let us " take time" for
every good word and work, that when the
cry shall come. at midnight, Z" Behold tho
Bridegroom cometh," we may be ready to
go the feast of Eternal Love, leaving earth
stains and anguish behind.