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

| nao Sone 10 give account suddenly tho
facile and potent pen is laid down and
the eloquent tongue is silent WHAT Is
there no safeguard against fatal discasc2
The lmpersonation Of stout health was
mr. Grady. What compactuess of mus
Gle! What Tuddy com plcxion! What
hashing eyes! Standing with him in a
| group OF twenty or thirty persons at
| Piedmont, he looked the healthiest, as
his spirits were the blithest. Shall we
never feel again the hearty grasp of his
hand or be magnetized with his elo-
quence2 Men Of the great roll, men Of
the pen, men OF wit men Of power, il our
! i'i"nd had to go when the call came.
30 "h vou when your Gail comes.
When Gou asks y"n wha; have you done
with your pen or your clo9uencc or Your
wealth or your social position, vii! you
De aole to give satisfactory answer2
"hat have we been writing all these
Searsl III mirtb, has 1t been iurocent
mlrth or that which laccratcsf
rom our pen have there come
forth productions healthy or pDisOnous3
An the last great day whcu the warrior
must give account Of what he has done
with his sword, aud the merchant wba,
be has done with his yard stick. and the
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 diamoad pens and
pens OF exquisite manufacture, and cvcry
few weeks see new kind of pen. each
SAID to be better than the other; but in
the great day of our arraignmcnt before
the Judge of quick an. dead that will be
EIl !
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, dr. pped from its point Kindness
ana encouragement and help and ura,i
tudc to God and benediction for man.
May God comfort that torn up South
ern homo and all the homes of this coup.
try and of all the world which have been
swept by this plague of Influenza, which
has deepened sometimes into pneumonia
and sometimes into typhus, and the VIC
inns OF which are counted by the ten
thousand! Satan, who is the prince of
the Power OF the Air." has been 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 in
one day, and in Constantinople. in IVA
800, 600 people died of it. l am glad that
oy the better sanitation Of our cities and
wider understanding of hygienic laws
and the greater skill Of physicians these
Apollyonic assaults upon the human race
are being resisted, but pestilential atmos-
phere is still abroad. Hardly n family
here but has felt its lighter or heavier
Snnn n ho IL
under Its power, and many homes here
represented have been crushed. The fact
Is, the biggest failure in the universe is
this world if there 30 no heaven bevond
But there is, and the frsends who have
gone there are many and yery dear q
fearful eyes, look up to the hills crimson
ing with eterna morn! That reunion
KISS Will more than make up for the part
ing kiss, and the welcome will oblitcrate
the goodbye. "The lamb which is ia
the midst of the throne shall lead them
to living fountains of water, and God
shall wipe away all tears from their ewes, "
I'LL then. o departed loved ones, promise
us that you will remember us, as we
promise to remember you. And some of
you gone up from this City by the Sea,
and 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 its last
WORD, and our arm has done its last
days work. and our lips have spoken the
last adieu.
ana nov, 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 ascendcd
Not collapsed, but irradiated. Enthroned
one! Coronetcd oncl Sceptered onel EN-
pa.adlsed one! Hail and Farewell!