Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-01-13

A c,ocsmaker in one of the old English
towns nnnreciated the value OF time hen
he nus on the front of the town clock the
words "Now or whenY' Mitchell, the as
tronomer. appreciated the value OF time
when he said. II have heen ia the habit OF
calculating the value of a thousandtt part
of a second" That minister OF thu Gospel
did not appreciate the value OF tims wno'
during a season OF illness, instead oil e1'pioy-
ing his time in useful reading or w.lung.
wrote a silly religious romance wfica IN
some unknown way came into inc POSSESSION
of the famous Joe Smith, who intrPducea
tha hook as a divine revelation, which be-
csme the foun lation of Mormonlspl, the
e,.ost hastily abomination Of all time.
They best appreciate the value OF time
xvhoea Sabbaths have been wasted ana
whose opportunities of repentance ana use
fulness are all gone, an who have nothing
iatt but memories, baleful and ee2lac.
Tbev stand in the bleak September, with
bare feet. on the sharp stubble of reapen.,
wheat field, crying, "The harvest Is pasC!
And the sough OF an autumai equihonS
means forth in echo, The harvest Is pasII
But do not let US get an impression i i'
chronology that because the years o. S'' ~
have been so long in procession eney o. NJ
90 On forever. Matter is not eternal. NO,
SoI If Won watch half day, or a wnoe
dev or two DAYS. as once did to see Mill
forv procession, you remember the iasC
brigade. and the last regiment, ana tne iasD
company finally passed on, and as weross W
90 we said to each other. 'I5 is all over.
So this mighty procession o: earthly years
will terminate. Just when have no power
to Lrognosticate, but science confirms tue
Bible prophecy that the earth cannot away
last. Indeed there has been iaCaliCy ot
worlds. The moon is merely the corpse OF
what it once was, and scientists have again
AMI again gone up in their observatorles to
attend the teathoed Of dying worlds, ana
have seen them cremate1. so am certain,
both from the Word of God and science,
that the worlds chronology VIII sooner OIL
later come to its last chapter.
The final century will arrive and pass on,
and tnen will come the final decade, and
then the final year, and the fiual month, ana
the Anal day. The last spring will swing It's
canesr of ample blossoms and the last winter
bank its SHOWS The last sunset will burn
lilo Moscow and the last morning radiate
the hills. The cocxs will strike their last
hour and the watches will tick their las'
second. No jncsndiaries will be needed te
RIM bither au1 yon vita torches to set the
world on6re.
Chemistry teaches US that thereis a very
! infiammable elemen5 III Wa1er. n'io ~
gen makes up part OF the wafer, me oCue |;
mart of the water is hydrogen, and that Il
very combustibie. The oxygen drawn ou
from the water, the infammable hydroge'
will mt instantly into confagratioa tn
Hu sons aud Savanuahs and Mississippis AM
Rhines and Urals and Danubes. and Atlana
and Pacific and indian and Mediterra nea
Saae And then the angel OF God, az
Sending from the throne, might put on
the the 6 be- and cry to the four winds c
heaven fS Time was, but time shall be n
jongsrp Yer found in Christ. pardon1e
and and sanctified, we shall welcome the da
with more gladness than you. ever we
coined Christmas or New Years morn.
When wrapt in fire the realms Of ether glow, b.
Aud heavens last thunder snakes Tue eA''i "
Thou. unaismayed, shalt DER the ruin smile nue.
And Iaht toy torch S natures funeral Pile