The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-03-13

the eloquent tongue is silent. WHAT Is
there no safeguard against fatal diseased
| The impersonation OF stout health was
| DIR. Grady. What compactuess of mus
| Gle! What Iuddy complexion! What
flashing eyesl Standing with him in a
group OF twenty or thirty persons at
| Piedmont, he looked the bealthiest, as
his spirits were the blithest. Shall we
never feel again the hearty grasp of his
hand or be magnetized with his elo-
quence? Men of the great roll, men of
the pen, men of wit. men Of power, If our
, iil"nd had to go when the call came.
80 mh Won when your Call comes.
When God asks yon what have you done
with your pen or your clo9uencc or your
wealth or your social position, will you
De able to give satisfactory answer?
What have we been writing all these
SearsF 1T mirth, has it been iurocent
mlrth or that which laccratcs2
From our pen have there come
torth productions healthy or poisonousi
In the last great day when the warrior
must give account Of what he has done
with his sword, aud the merchant what
ne has done with his yard stick. and the
mason what he has done with his trowel,
and the artist what be has done with his
pencil, we shall have to give account of
what we have done with our pen. There
are gold pens and diamond pens and
pens OF exquisite manufacture, and every
lew weeks l see new kind Of pen, each
SAID to be better than the other; but in
the great day OF our arraignment before
the Judge OF quick an. dead that will be
the most beautiful pen, whether gold or
steel or quill, which never wrote pro-
fame or unclean or cruel word, or which
from the day it was carved, or split at
the nib, DIR pped from it's point kindness
and encouragement and help and graft
tude to God and benediction for man.
May God comfort that torn up South
ern homo and all the homes of this coun
try and of all the world which have been
swept by this plague Of Influenza, which
has deepened sometimes into pneumonia
and sometimes into tvphus, and the vic .
TINS of which are counted by the ten
thousand! Satan, who is the prince of
the Power of the Air." has hcen poison
Ing the atmosphere in all nations. Though
1T Is the first time in our remembrance.
he has done the same thing before. In
1896 the unwholesome air of Cairo.
Egypt, destroyed the life of 10000 ia
one day, and in Constantinople, in 1714,
800, 900 people died of it, l am glad that
by the better sanitation of our cities and
wider understanding of hygienic laws
and the greater skill of physicians these
Apollyonlc assaults upon the human race
are being resisted, but pestilential atmos-
phere rs still abroad. Hardly a family
here but has felt its lighter or heavier
touch. Some Of the best of my flock fell
under Its power, and many homes here
represented have been crushed. The fact
ID, the biggest failure in the universe is
THIS world II there % no heaven beyond.
But there is, and the ,frpnds who have
gone there are many and very dear. O
fearful eyes, look up to the hills crimson
ing with eterna morn! That re. union
kiss will more than make up for the part
ing kiss, and the welcome will oblitcrate
the good bye. "The lamb which is ia
the midst Of the throne shall lead them
TO iiVlng fountains of water, and God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes" :"
iii then' . departed loved ones, promise
US that you will remember us, as we
promise to remember you. Aud some OF
you gone up from this City by the Sea,
ana others from under Southern skies,
and others from the homes of the more
rigorous North and some from the cabins
on great Western farms, we shall meet
again when our pen has written it's last
word, and our arm has done its last
days work. and our lips have spoken the
last adieu.
And now, thou great and magnificent
soul OF editor and orator under brighter
skies we shall meet again. From God
thou camcst, and to God thou hast re-
turned. Not broken down, but ascended
Not collapsed, but irradiated. Enthroned
onel Coronetcd onel Sceptered one Em-
pa7adised onel Hail and Farewell!