Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-02

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vclsalrs, shs blatant lnhdai, spfTecs
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viii eive yon half ~ what ! efn worth y
you VII iite mo sif months ~ llfe.' anf
whcn told thst he could not I've e'
vmha hs hurst into fens and ssld
Then I eliall W ~ heilf' John Weslej
appreciated Tho taine ~ time when W
siood On hls aete waiting Tor . delayed
cafrlaue 10 take him t0 ab appointment
sayina. ~ haee lost ten minutes forever
l,ofi Nelson appreciated the value ol
time When he esld, II 1--WE everything N
the world " being always = quarter ol
m hour beforehand,
A ciockuiaker In one of the old Ems
lIsh towns appreciated the value " tim
when hs put on the front ~ the tow
clock the words. Nov or whenf' Mitch
el. the astronomer. appreciated tho valu'
" time when he said. ~ have been u
The habit ~ calculating the value of :
thonaendth part ~ n second" That mil
lister of the Gospel did not appreciate th
value Of time who during n season
Illness. instead u employing his time
useful reading or writing. wrote n Al
reli. doua romance. which IN some
known way came into the possession
the famous Joe Smith. who iDtrodu,
Tho book ~ divine revelation, VIII
Became the foundation Of Morinonis
the most benstly aboinination of all III
They best appreciate the value OF u
whose sabbaths have been wasted n
whose opportunities Of repentance o.
usefulness are all agone. and who hi
nothing left but memories. baleful q
elegiac They stand In the bleak -
teDber. with bare feet. on the sha
stubble Of reaped wheat field, cryir
"The harvest Ia pastr' And the sough
an autumnal equinox moans forth ,
echo. 1.-The harvest is pastf
THE LAST OF ALL.
But do not let us get an impressio
from chronology that because the yea.
Of time have been 30 long In processio
they are to go on forever. Matter is NJ
eternal. No, mol If you watch half
day. or whole day, or two days, as
once did. TO see military processioi
you remember the last brigade, and th
last regiment and the last company final
ly passed on. and AS we rose to go W,
said to each other. 1T is all over"
SO this mighty procession Of earthly
years will terminate. Just when have
No ,,O,ua,. to ,,rofrp no ~ cafa bnt aoiapoo
confirms the Bible prophecy that the
earth cannot always last. Indeed there
mas been IA fatality of worlds. The moon
is merely the corpse of what it once was
and scientists have again and again gone
up in their observatories 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 OF
later come to its last chapter.
The final century will arrive and pass
on, and then will come the final decade
and then the final year, and the fna.
month, and the final day. The last spring
will swing its censer Of apple blossoms
and the last winter bank its SHOWS Tie
last sunset will burn like Moscow md
the last morning radiate the hills. The
clocks will strike their last hour. and the
watches will tick their last second. NJ
incendiaries will be needed TO run hither
and yon with torches to st the world
OH fire.
Chemistry teaches us that there is q
very infammable element in water.
While oxygen makes up part of the
water. the other part Of the water is by.
drogen. and that is very combustible.
The oxygen drawn out from the water the
inhammable hydrogen will put instantly
into confagration the Hudsons and Oh
vannahs and Mississippis and Rhines and
Urals and Danubes. and Atlantic and
Pacific and Indian and Mediterranean
seas. And then the angel of God, de.
scending from the throne, might put one
foot on the surf of the sea and the othe
on the beach and cry to the four wind
of heaven, Time was, but time shall be
no longer" Yet, found in Christ, par.
doned and sanctihed, we shall welcome
the day with more gladness than you
ever welcomed a Christmas or New
Years morn.
When wrapt in fire the realms OF ether glow
And heavens last thunder shakes the earth be.
low,
Thou, undismayed, shalt o'er the ruin smile
And light thy torch at natures funeral nila