The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-11

we get, it IS what We are. Daniel among
the lions is happier than Nebuciainszzar
on his throne. And when life is closing,
brilliancy of worldly surroundings will be
no solace Death is blind, AMI sees no diff
fvrence between the King and his clown,
between thu Nazarino and tds Athaniao,
between a boo!sless hut AMI a national
library. Tia frivolities OF life cannot, with
their giddy laugh, ecioing from heart to
heart, entirely drown the yoics OF tre-
mendous conscience wici says: y am lul-
mortal. The stars shall die, but [ aul immor-
tai. One wave Of eternity Shall drown tina
in its depths. but am immortal. Tns earth
flee at the glance Of thu Lord, but l an i'm
mortal. From all the heights and deptls of
my nature rings down, and rings up, aad
rings out the world immortal" A good
conscience, aud assurance of life eternal
through the Lord Jesus Christ are the only
securities.
The souls happiness is too large craft to
sail up the stream Of worldly pleasure. AS
ship carpenters say, it draws too much water.
This earth is bubble, and it will burst.
This life is a vision, and it will soon pass
away. Timal 1t is only a ripple, and it
breaketh against the throne of judgment.
Our days. They fly swifter than shuttle,
weaving for us robe Of triumph or gar
Iigion and for its greatest trial you will bs
ready. Every day will be a triumph, and
death will be cnly Kings servant calling
you to royal banquet.
In olden time the man who was to receive
the honors Of knighthood was required to
spend the previous night fully armed, and
with shield and lance to walk uo and down
among the tombs of the dead Through all
the hours of that night his steady step was
heard, aud when morning dawned, amid
grand parade and the sound OF cornets, the
honors of knighthood We're bestowed. Thus
it shall be with the good mans soul in the
shield and sword and helmet, he shall watch
and wait until the darkness fly and the
morning break, anl amid the sound Of
celestial harpingS the soul shall take the
honors Of heaven amid the inuumerable
throng with robes snowy white streaming
over seas of sapphire
Mordecai will only have to wait for his
day of triumph. 1t took all the preceding
trials to make proper background for his
after success. The scaffold built for him
makes all the more imposing and picturesque
the horse into whose long white name he
twisted his fingers at the mounting. You
want at least two misfortunes, hard as flint
to strike fire. Heavy and long continued
SHOWS in the winter are signs of good crops
next summer. So many have yielded won.
derful harvests Of bsnevolencs and energy
because they were a long while showed
under. We must have a good many
hard falls before we learn to walk
straight. 1t is ON the black anvil of
trouble that men hammer out their fortunes.
Sorrows take up men on their shoulders and
entarone them. Tonics are nearly always
bitter. Men, like fruit trees, are barren, un-
lac-f fr.io, ,al -, -,
like wheat-all the better for the failing. It
required the prison darkness and chill to
make john Bunyan dream. 1t took Dela-
ware ice and cold feet at Valley Forge, and
the whzz of bullets, to make Washington
Paul when he climbed up on the beach of
Melita. shivering in his wet clothes, was
more or q Christian than when tue snip
struck tbs breakers. Prescott, the historian.
saw better without his eyes than he could
ever have seen With them. Mordecai de-
spise1 at the gate, is only p:elecass2; Of Nor.
decai erandly mounted.