The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-01-06

HiAN hNN il'Atl WV hl'h tiN'fNs Ni'N wv
wardrohes are more complete, All the
climate IL better,
Since settled in my r''rl mind the
| fact that tiod was stron,, + than the
devil have never lost faith in the
en- paradisation of this planet. With the
exception OF II retrogression in tho Dark
| Ages, the movement of the world has
been on and ON, and up and up, and |
have two lubilant hosannas one TO,
the closing year and the other for the
new year
PUNCTUALITY.
But the other thought coming ont Of
this subject is that Biblical chronology
AMI indeed all chronology, is urging the
world to more punctuality and inmedi
ateness What an unsatisfactory and in
definite thing it must have been for two
business men in the time of Ahaz to
make an appointment, saying, I'VE will
settle that business matter tomorrow
when the shadow ON the dial of Ahnz
reaches the tenth step from the top" III
ii will meet you in the street called
Straight in Damascus in the time of the
new moon, or when asked in court.
room what time an occurrence took
place should answer. at was during
the time Of the latter RAIN" or 1T was n
the time of the third Growing of the
barnyardr'
You and remember when ministers
of the Gospel in the country, giving nut
notice of an evening service instead of
saying at or Z or s o'clock, weNid say.
The service will begin at early candle
light" Thank God for chronological
achievements which have ushered in cal
endars and almanacs and clocks and
watches and at so cheap a rate all may
possess theml Chronology, beginning
by approaching the value of years and
the value of days. has kept on until it |
cries out, Man. immortal; woman, i'm
mortal; look out for that minute; lool;
ont for that secondr
We talk Il great deal about the value
of time, but will never fully appreciate
its value until the last fragment of it has
passed out of our possession forever
The greatest fraud man can commit is |
to rob another of his time. Hear it, ye
laggards and repent! All the fingers of
chronology point to punctuality as one
Of the graces The minister or the lee
turer or business man who CONES to his
place ten minutes after the APPOINTED
time commits crime the enorWity of
which can only be estimated by multi |
plying the number of persons present by
ten. If the engagement be made with
five persons, he has stolen fifty minutes.
for he is ten minutes too late, and he has
robbed each of the five persons of ten
minutes apiece, and ten times five are
fifty,
II there be 500 persons present and he
be ten minutes too late, he has commit |
ted robbery OF 5000 minutes, for ten
time $50 are 5000 and 5000 minutes are
eighty three hours. which make more
than three days. The thief of dry goods,
the th!ft of bank bills. is not half SO bad
HIS the thief of time.
SOME EXAMPLES.
DR.. Rush. the greatest and busiest ply
stefan Of his day. appreciated the value
Of time. and when asked how he had
been able 10 gather so much information
for his books and lectures he replied: Il
have been able to do it by economizirg
my time. have not spent one hour in
amusement in thirty years And tax
ing bankbook from his pocket he SAIL
Il fill book like this every week with
thoughts that occur to me and facts col
lected in the rooms Of my patients"
Napoleon appreciated the value of
time when the sun was sinking upon
Waterloo, and he thought TILT a nrrIe
more time would retrieve his fortunes
and he pointed to the sinking sun and
said, What would | not give to be this
day possessed of the power of Joshua a,d
enabled to retard thy march for two
hoursr' The good old woman appreci-
ated the value of time when at ninety
three years Of age she said. 1.-THE Judge
of all the earth does not mean that
shall have any excuse for not being pre-
pared TO meet him."
Voltaire the blatant infidel, appreci-
ated the value of time when in his dy
ing moments he said TO his doctor, Il
will give you half of what am worth if
you will give me six months of life, ard
when told that he could not live SIX
| weeks he burst into tears and sail,
Then shall go to hell!' John Wesley
appreciated the value of time when lie
| stood on his steps waiting for a delayed
carriage to take him to an appointment,
| saying, Il have lost ten minutes forever.
Lord Nelson appreciated the value Of
time when he said, Il owe everything in
the world to being always a quarter of
| an hour beforehand
A clockmaker in one of the old Eng-
fish towns appreciated the value Of time
when he put ON the front of the town
clock the words. "Now or when%' Mitch
ell the astronomer, appreciated the value
If time when he said, II have been in
the habit of calculating the value Of a
thousandth part of second" That min
lister of the Gospel did not appreciate the
value of time who during season of
| illness, instead of employing his time IN
useful reading or writing. wrote q silly
| religious romance, which in some I'M
known way came into the possession Of
the famous Joe Smith, who introduced
| the book as a divine revelation. which
became the foundation of Mormonisn,
the most beastly abomination of all time.
They best appreciate the value of tine
whose Sabbaths have been wasted and
whose opportunities of repentance ard
usefulness are all agone, and who have
nothing left but memories. baleFul AID
elegiac. They stand in the bleak Sep
TENDER. with bare feet, on the sharp
stubble of reaped wheat field crying
The harvest is pastT And the sough OF
an autumnal equinox means forth in
echo. 1.-The harvest is past"
THE LAST OF ALL.
But do not let us get an impression
from chronology that because the yeats
of time have been so long in procession
they are to go on forever. Matter is not
eternal. No. no! If you watch half J
day, or whole day, or two days, as
once did, to see military procession
you remember the last brigade, and tae
last regiment. and the last company fnjtl-
ly passed on. and as we rose to go we
said tn each other ssTt iS all over