Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-07-01

Knowing all we say or do.
five now remember Jesus,
If we strive to walk with Him,
He will walk with us and lead us,
When our eyes are old and dim;
He will guide us safely, sweetly
To our rest beyond the skies,
Where no wave of grief can touch us,
Where no flower of beauty dies.
MORE WONDERFUL THAN TELEGRAPHY.
You have heard the people talk about the
telegraph perhaps you have seen the wires,
as they run across the country, stretched on
high poles by the side of the railroad.
What can be more wonderful than the fact
that piece of intelligence can be sent from
the city of New York in one instant to the
most distant p lrt of our country? Hundreds
of people have said, "When will wonders
cease2' "Surely, this is the wonder of all
wonders"
George and Mary Bates had often wished
to visit the telegraph office. They had heard
of the strange doings Of the wonderful ma
chimes there.
One day Mary asked George how it could
be that on these wires unseen messages were
passing to and fro.
81 do not know how it is," replied George
"father says it is by means Of electricity; and
lightning is electricity, and that is the reason
news travels so quickly by the telegraph"
One day, after school, these children went
into their fathers office and asked him if he
would be so kind as to take them to the rail-
way station to see the way in which messages
were sent along the wires.
He took them by the hand, and in few
moments they were by the side of the clerk,
looking at the performance of the little instru.
ment that noted down intelligence like a
living thing.
They entreated their father to send mes
sage to their uncle in New York. This he
agreed to do, but the little machine was so
busy that the clerk could not just then crafty
them.
Tic, tic, tic, dot, dot, dot, click, click, click,
went the little pointer. BY and by it stopped
for an instant, but it soon began again.
THAT is B for Bradford" said the clerk
1--WE must wait till this message is finished.
As soon as that sentence was written, there
was w for Wakefield, and then an L for
Leeds; and George and Mary were almost
out of patience, as young people are apt to be
when their wishes are not at once grati6ed.
After awhile their turn came. The clerk
hurried to put in a Y for York, and cay,
n.y." the reply, to let them know his wish was
attended to; and then the message was sent.
The children took the book which the clerk
had handed them, and looked over the tele-
graphic alphabet, and George said he was
sure it must be great deal more difficult to
remember than the alphabet of A BIC.
II klxoo kLo nJ> ko1l ~
nothing but the wonders of the telegraph. "Is
it not the most wonderful thing you ever
heard of, father p said Mary.
"No," replied the father 81 have heard Of
things more wonderful"
"But, father" said George, "you never
heard of any message being sent so quickly
as by this means, have your
"Yes, I have, my SON."
"And receive an answer as quickly?" ad-
ded George.
"Yes, much sooner" replied his father.
care you in earnest, father2" said Mary,
looking eagerly in his face "1s it possible
that you know of more wonderful way Of
sending messages than by telegraph ?"
II never was more in earnest than am
when l say Yes to your question"
"Wel, father" said George, "do tell me
what it is, and in what respect it is better
than the telegraph"
"In the first place." said his father, "you
do not have to wait to send your message
while others are attended to for your mes
sage can 60 with thousands of others, without
any interruption or hindrance."
ayes, that is an improvement" said George
for we had to wait for some time, you know" "
"And in the next place" continued his
father, "there is no need of wires or electrici-
ty, or any machinery. And what is more
wonderful than all this is the fact that you
need not always even express in words the
nature of your message, though it is quite
necessary that you truly and sincerely desire
a favorable reply to your request"
Besides all this, the mode of which l
speak is better than all others, from the fact
that you need not go to any particular place
to send your request. In the lonely desert,
on the wide sea, in the crowded city, on the
mountain top, by night or by day, in sickness
and in health, in trouble and attiiction, the
way is open to all. And the applicants can
never be so numerous that the simplest de-
sires of the feeblest child, properly presented,
shall not meet with attention"
"Is there any account published Of this
wonderful matter?" asked George.
"Yes, there is, my son and | hope your
interest will not be diminished when tell
you it is found in the Bible"
ain the Bible, father?" cried both the
children
"Certainly; and if you will both get your
Bibles I will tell you where to find the pas
sage confirming what have said.
The children opened their Bibles, and
found, as their father directed them, the
twenty. fourth verse of the sixty-ffth chapter
Of Isaiah, which Mary read as follows: "And
it shall come to pass that before they call l
will answer, and while they are yet speaking
l will hear"
Next George found and read the ninth
verse of the ifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah
"Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall
answer thou shalt cry, and He shall say Here
am"
"Now turn" said their father, "to Daniel,
ninth chapter, twentieth, twenty-Grst, second,
and third verses"
"And whilst I was speaking, and praying,
and confessing my sin, and the sin of my peo-
pie Israel, and presenting my supplication
before the Lord my God-yea, while was
speaking in praycr-even the man Gabriel,
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about
the time of the evening oblation. And he
informed me and said, o, Daniel, l am now
come forth to give thee skill and understand
ing At the beginning Of thy supplications
the commandment came forth, and | am come
to show thee" etc.