Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-12
Five Minutes.

At the commencement at Charlicr Iusti-
tutc, DIR. s. IrcnDus Prime spoke to tho
young men as follows:
| l am Invited to speak to you five minutes
and only five. Little may be said and
much may be done, in five minutes, You
may fire city, scuttlc ship, or ruin a
SOUL Tft error of moment makes the sor-
row of o fo. Get that thought woll into
your he rts, and my work 10 done in a
minut, instead of five.
Tempted to sin, remember that in five
minutes you may destroy your good name,
fill your soul with undciag rcmorsc, and
bring, with sorrow, your fathers gray hair
to the grave. But if you can do SO much
evil, so you may do mighty sum Of good
in five minutes
You may decide to 1.-Two for usefulness
and honor. Everything hangs on that
choice, and it may bo made in five minutes.
Take care of the pence aud tho pounds
will take care of themselves take care of
the minutes and the hours arc safe. l
made little book in this way: in tho break.
fast room were pen and lux and paper; and
if, when tho hour for breakfast came, all
was not ready, wrote few words or lines,
as time allowed. Tho book was flushed,
and it had been published scarcely week
before heard it had saved a soul; it has
saved many since. 1t did not cost me one
minute that would have been used for any.
thing else
Five minutes in the morning, and as
many in the evening, will mako you tho
master of q acw language in two or three
years. Before you are of middle ngc ycu
may speak all tho modern tongues, if you
will but improve the spare minutes of the
years now flying by.
Minutes arc more than jewels; they arc
'tho stuff that liro is made Off thcy arc
diamond stepping stones to wisdom, useful
ness aud wealth; the ladder to heaven.
1t will not take five minutes to do good
deed, and one day will mako life of honor
and usefulness, with glory beyond.
WHAT is LrrE.-Wbat is your life?
An inspired writer says: eft is oven vapor
that appeareth for little time, and then
vanishcth away" It flies away as dream,
and cannot DO found. Our life is wind
ltmovcs swifter than wcavcrs shuttle. 1t
is tale that is told. It is swiftcr than a
post. Hume says, "Whilc VIC arc reasoning
concerning life, life is gone"
Short as life is, wc strangely desire each
period Of it abbreviated. The child longs
to be grown. The youth at school wishes
for the day when he will assume the duties
Of manhood. The man Of business lives in
hope of tho time when he shall retire. It
is marvellous how men waste the
present moments. I have heard of
fool lighting cigar with q bank note of
some valuo. The same man committed
greater unwisdom than that--hc wasted the
precious minutes of a whole summer in
doing nothing but iniquity.
Short as life is, it is the seed time for
eternity. Whatsoever man sows hero, he
shall be reaping to all eternity. If he sows
tho wind he shall reap the whirlwind. If
he sows to tho flesh he shall reap corruption.
Il he sows in righteousness, lie Shall reap in
mercy. lfhc sows to the spirit, he shall reap
life everlasting This is tho day of grace,
the season of mercy. when enduring riches
may be secured. Many have seized the
moments as they passed, and become i'm
menscly rich in faith, in good works, in
bright hopes and in q blessed inheritance
beyond the skies.
Most mems lives arc full of toll and care.
Many arc full of sorrow and disappointment.
But thanks be to God, all mens lives
abound in opportunities of gaining and of
getting good.-IV S. I'umer, d. d.
DoING UP MEMS LINEN.-A husband
complained that his shirt bosom and collars
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