Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1855-04-26
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7.%cnNR uAS TO SAY

l. .i,.t1r has seen many traT Hers on III,
rad, ard hrou.:ht many back who had fairly
>tar3 i 'on tiH:f: w, % renew a@ain the inte-
rests OF life while some, in spite Of all his on
'lcavpr~. have cone on IN the Journey TO cter-
ni!y. ti>a hard thing to give up-to set
asiir al the hopes and aspirations. and dis
solve ali the interests and connections Of this
existence to o. hence. and commence new
being in a world of which We kuow little Of
the ligl.t< anil ~hqd?w<
How ,ha heart beats, and the pulse throbS.
a the ilnrtnr admits that he has failed in his
cndtavor> 10 stay the progress Of tic car that
HI tens on to the unknown world. How much
" uIi be givcn 1t this moment for reason
able hope Of life? How q&kly would all
,l.at lie has >,rug:i',t for. Be :.iven up for the
ccrtantv of return TO health to balance
rhc account with death. But it is Of no use
Death X innxorFla. and must come out con-
4u.rnr with Us all al last.
What a strangely infatuated being man is ?
how he t,ils auI stru-gle. for this existence
h,w lauch H. ley ~ tyr this short life. and
how Itt!c to tx" into that future wolil which
j eternity: H." cu:".ly the master gra$is
rhc rewards .. the hirrling> toll, an! how i'm
|crltivvly J." ,lictatr> 10 those who live for tn,
prtScn; by hi, SuFraG.$' With what lordlv
steps hr tlead> upon the soil he calls lis vNn,
aud how independently he refer: to the tre0,
sure undrr hi cvntr9l and VT, the meaneSt
Of hi: subject. arc rot le@: dependant than he
sooner OF later H., too, must own 10 master,
whose agent !: old Time, and some day he
will present his account, when there will be
no putting it otf. Neither lands nor goll will
satisfy him. Then he will be tod that he was
but Il tcnant-that his boa>ted possessions
were no; his-that they Gust /, left behind
for those that como after him. We'll will it
be with him then if he cau look back upon
life Of good deeAs-a life of charity, of be-
ncyglence, Of kindness, Of humility. These
are treasures which arc transferable to another
world. lie may have kept no account Of
them, may have forgotten all, but they have
not been forgotten Of him. Eternity is L men-
tal existence, where everything is remember
cd forever and ever, and poor indeed is he
who has no record of good deeds treasured up
there.
! How strangely insignificant do seem ''all
things here below" when We come to look
/ back at that last hour, when about to emerge
! into the unseen future, and yet how hard it
is to realize the fact until that hour comes.
. 1t is a strange world this ! and hard
hearted world to many. Yet it is not the
dying man only that relents; there are gcner-
Gus impulses and noble deeds recorded OF
many-of the very many. Often the hand is
unfVldcd to the needy, and the heart yields
up its symrathies to the afflicted. Mankind
arc not thoughtless of the future, nor are they
Indifferent to the less fortunate, as they seem
to be.
Within every heart there is spring which
sushcs forth in stream of good impulses; il
may be buried by the outward covering-hic
by external circunlstances-yet nature ha:
established it there, and it is seldom that it l.
50 entirely dried up, but that, by proper en-
dcavors, it may be opened afrcsh. The doc
tor has seen all this many times, and learne'
from dying men to be charitable.
: The secrets of life may be withheld from
all others, to at last be unfoldcd to him who's
!; duty is only to minister unto the body. WheI
.tLc flesh is weak the spirit is willing" thel
it is that human nature puts on its best robe
clothes itself as best it can for eternity
| Would to God that it did not so frequent
put it off to that last hour-till the dawn c
that eternal day breaks upon the vision to re
Q veal to the mind the darkness oftbis day oflltt