Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-10-26
What Are You Waiting F

mean ono day to be decided followers Of
Christ; but at present, something hinderG
them. What are you waiting for2
Are you waiting till you are siok7
Surely you will not tcll me that is con
Venient season. When your body is rscked
with pain, when your mind is distracted
with all kinds of anxious thoughts, when
calm reflection is almost impossible-is this
time for beginning the mighty work of ao:'
quaiutanoe with God?
Arc you waiting till you arc old? Surely
you have not considered what you say.
You will serve Christ when your membera
are worn out aud deoaycd, and your hands
unfit to work. You will 60 to Him whom
your mind is weak and your memory fail
Ing You will give up the world when you
cannot keep it. You will set your affeo-
tious on thiuge above when you fnd moth
ing to set them on in things below. Is this
your plan? Beware, lest you insult Godl
Arc you waiting till you have leisure?
Aud when do you expect to have more time
than you have now7 Every year you live
seems shorter than the last; you find more
to think of aud 10 do, and less power and
opportunity to do it. And, after all, you
krov not whether you msy live to see an
other year. Boast not yourself of tomorrow;
now is the time.
Are you waiting till your heart is per.
fectly fit and ready? That will never be.
1t will always be corrupt and sinful--a
bubbliug fountain, full of evil. You will
never make it like pure, white sheet of
paper, that you can take to Jesus aud say
"Here am Lord, ready to have Thy law
written on my hcart!'' Delay not. Better
begin as you are.
Are you waiting till the devil will let
you come to Christ without trouble9 That
will never be. Satan never gives up a
single soul without struggle. If you
would be saved you must fight for it.
Stand not another day. Arise and 60 for-
ward at once!
Are you waiting till there is no cross to
be borue2 That will never be. So long as
sin is our encmy, and our own bodies weak
and clogged by it, 80 long We must endure
hardness, if We would be good soldiers of
Jesus Christ. Go 10 tho strength Of the
Lord God, and you shall overcome. IF
there is no cross, there will be no crown.
Are you waiting till all around you be-
come decided Christians2 That will never
be. Heaven only is the place of perfec.
ton. Earth is tho place where sin reigns,
and Gods people arc a little flock. You
must bc content to journey alone and swim
against the stream. "Narrow is tho way
that leadeth unto life, aud few there bo
thu: find it," larry not for friends and
neighbors. See that you are among the
"few."
Are you waiting till the gate is wider
That will never be. 1t will not alter-it
is not elastio-it will not stretch. 1t is
wide enough for the chief Of sinners, if he
comes in a humble and self-abased spirit.
But if there is any thing you are resolved
not to give up, you will never, with all your
struggling, get in. Lay aside every weight;
enter before the door ia shut forever.
And you are waiting because some
Christians are inconsistent, and some Pro.
fcssors fall away? Their folly is no excuse
for you; their sin will not justify your delay.
Hear the word of the Lold JesDs: "What
is that to thee? Follow thou me-"
Oh, lingering ones, arc not your excuses
broken reeds? Are not your reasonings
aud defenses Improbable and vain?-Dr.
j. c. Rylc.
THE LEAvEN WoRKs.-The Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to animals
seems to be doing some good 10 Greenville.
Col. J.. Z. Hunt, the President, has arrested
o number of persons for cruelty to animals,
aud he has now numbor on probation.
When man rides or drives very poor
| horse in town, or one having sore shoulders
or back, no takes charge of tho horse and
releases it only on the promise of rest and
better treatment. If a man rides to town
and keeps his horse htched to post
twenty-four hours without feed or water,
he sends it to livery stable and has it fed.
The owner gets it BY paying charges. The
traders who congregato on saleday are afradl
to Garry out the skeletons to swap. Such
q society is needed in every county, with
jurisdiction extending to every farm.
Overlooking and underfoeding should be
punished. No man should own horse Or
mulo il he cannot provide food enough to-
keep it in fair condition. There is often
much abuse Of well fed animals, when tho
driver becomes angry and beats them un.
mercifully. 1t would be well if our pooplo,
would consider this matter and 500 if some-
thing cannot be done to protect our horsesi
and mules from the violence of bad masters,
EATING SAND FOR DYspEpsIA.-A new
and siuplo cure for dyspepsia was brought
to my attention by Hon. Pope Barrow
yesterday. lie says: +" You know Webb
Barber in Athens. Well sir, he has CURED,
himsolf of dyspepsia by eating whito sand.
Just common white sand picked up iu tho
bed Of branch. He Gays that chickens
eat sand to digest their food with, and he'
did not see why men might not do tho same
thing with profit. He ate dose of sand
ovcry day and it cured him. Judge Hen.
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