The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-01-12

That minister OF the Gospel did not
appreciate the value Of time who du-
ring y season of illness. instead of EN-.
plOying his time IN useful reading and
writing, wrote silly religious romance
which In some unknown way came
into the possession of the famous Joe
Smith, who introduced the book as a
divine revelation. which became the
foundation of MOrmOn!sm. the most
beastly abomination of all time. They
best appreciate the value of time
whose Sabbaths have been wasted,
and whose opportunities of repentance
and usefulness arc all gone. and who
have nothing left bat memories, bale
full and elegisc. They stand in the
bleak September, with bare feet, on
the sharp stubble of reaped wheat
field, crying. "Hhe harvest is past" and
the slough OF an autumnal equinox
means forth in echo, "The harvest 10
pastP
But do not let us get an impression
from chronology that because the years
of time have been 80 long in procession
they are t. go on forever. Matter is
not eternally. No, no! II you watch
half a day, or a whole day, OF two days
rs | once did, to SEE u military process
sion, you remember the last brigade,
and the lasC regiment, and the last
company finally passed On, and as we
rose to go we said to eauh other, at is
all over"
SO this mighty procession Of earthly
years will terminate. Just when
have no power to prOgnOsticatt, but
sc ance confirms the Bible prophecy
that the earth cannot always last. In
deed there has been fatality of worlds
The moon is merely the corpse Of what
1t once was, and scientists have again
and again gone up in tteir ObspIvato
ries to attend the deathbed Of dying
worlds and have seen them cremated.
SO am certain, both from the word
of God and science. that the worlds
chronology will sooner or later come to
It's last chapter.
The final century will arrive and
pass on, ana then will come the final
decade, and then the final year, and
the final month, and the tinal day.
The last spring will swing It's censer
Of apple blossoms and the last winter
bank its SHOWS. The last sunset will
Durn like Moscow and the last morn
ing radiate the hills The clocks will
strike r!!E3 sneiiTs iast hour, ana the watches
will tick their last secOud. No incen-
diaries will he needed TO run hither
and yon with torches to set the world
on fire,
Chemistry teaches us that there is a
very intl .mmable element in water.
While oxygen makes up a part OF the
water the other part is hydrogen, and
that is very combustible The oxygen
drawn out from the water, the intiam.
mable hydrogen will put instantly int 0
contlagratiOn the Hudsons and Savan-
nAhs ond Mississippis and Rhines and
Urals and Danubes, and Atlantic ana
Pacific and lndian and Mediterranean
seas. And then the Angel Of God des-
cendtng from the throne might put
one foot in the surf Of the sea and the
other on the beach and cry to the four
winds Of heaven, "T,me wasl But time
shall be no longerw Yet found III
Christ, pardOnod and sanctilird, We
shall welcome the day with more glad
ness than you ever welcomed Christ
mas or New Years morn.
When wrapt in fire the realms of ether
glow
And heavens last thunder shakes tho
earth below,
Thou, undsmayed. shalt oer the ruin
smile
And light thy torch at natures funeral