The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-06-13

FIVE MINUTEs.-At the Commence
ment at Charlier Institute, DIR. s. lreneus
Prime spoke to the young men as follows:
I am invited to speak to you FIVE min
utes, and only five. Little may be said, and
much may be done in FIVE minutes. In
five minutes you may fire city, scuttle
ship, or ruin a soul. The error of mo-
ment makes the sorrow Of a life. Get TINT
Thought we'll into your hearts, and my work
is done in minute instead of five.
Tempted to sin, remember that in five
minutes you may destroy your good name,
fill your soul with undying remorse, and
bring, with sorrow, your fathers gray hairs
to the grave. But if you can do SO much
evil, so you may do a mighty sum of good
in FIVE minutes.
You may decide to live for usefulness and
honor. Everything hangs on that choice,
and it may be made in five minutes.
Take care of the pence and the pounds
will take care of themselves; take care of
the minutes and the hours are safe. |
made little book in this way: in the
breakfast.room were pen and ink and paper;
ard if, when the hour for breakfast
came, all was not ready wrote few words
or lines, as time allowed. The book was
finished and it had been published scarce
ly week before L heard it had saved a
soul it has saved many since. 1t did not
cost me one minute that would have been
used for anything else.
Five minutes in the morning and as
many in the evening, will make you the
master Of a new language in two or three
years Before you are of middle age you
may speak all the modern tongues, if you
will but improve the spare minutes of the
years now flying by.
Minutes are more than jewels; they are
"the stuff that life is made Of" they are
diamond stepping-stones to wisdom, useful
ness and wealth the ladder to heaven.
1t will not take FIVE minutes to do a good
deed, and one day will make life of hon
or and usefulness, with glory beyond.
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SECRETS OF MAsoNRY.-Old Zach
Wheeler was quite character in his time
being clever, easy going. confding man
who managed to let everybody cheat him
out of his Inherited estates. Just as his
last farm was about to slip out of his hands
he succeeded in raising the money to lift
the mortgage. Aaron Remcr, prominent
-uason, acconipanieu nun W the toWh. As
they were riding on horse back, Zach says
to Aaron, in confiding tone:
"Now, Aaron, we are here alone, and
want you to tell me the secrets of Ma
sonry."
"l can't Zach they would kill me-"
"Why, they won't know; they'll never
find it out"
eyes, they will; you'll speak of it."
"No, | swear won't"
"Well, if you'll ride close alongside Of
me, and put your hand upon my thigh
and take the oath IN administer, III tell
you the secrets of Masonry"
Hack was not slow to comply, and a most
powerful ''iron-cad" oath was administered
and taken.
"Now for the Secrets" exclaimed the i'm
patient and uususpcc,ing victim.
"Wcll, said Aaron, with mock solomni
ty and secrecy, Gin the first place, VIC Ma
sons combine together to cheat everybody
as much as we can. This is the first grand
secret. The second is like unto it. When
We can't find any body else to cheat, We
cheat each other, but as little as we can"
"Wcil," exclaimed Zach, 81 swear III
join. l wish had done it twenty years
ago. l might have been a rich man aforc
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