Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-01-05
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But the other thought coming out OF
this subject is that Biblical chronology,
and indeed all chronology, is urging
the world to more punctuality and inn
Indebtedness. What an unsatisfactory
and indefinite thing IL must have been
for two business men in the time of
Ahaz to make an appointment, saying;
1--WE will settle that business matter
tomorrow when the shadow ofAthc
dial of Ahaz reaches the tenth step
from the top" or, II will meet you in
the street called Straight in Damascus
In the time of the new moon" or.
when asked in u court room, what time
an occurrence took place, should an
swer: at was during the time of tho
latter rain" or, ''it was at the time of
the third growing Of the barnyard.
You and remember when ministers of
the Gospel in the country, giving out II
notice of an evening service, instead of
saying ut q or or : o'clock would
say, "rhe service will begin at early
caudle.light" Thank tod for ohrono-
logical achievements which have, ush-
cred in calendars aud almanacs and
clocks and watches, and ut so cheap u
rate all may possess them. Chrome
logy, beginning by approaching the
value OF years aud the value of
days, has kept ON until 1t cries
out; "Man, immortal; woman, immorss
tai; look out for that minute; look
out for that secondN' We talk II great
deal about the value of time but will
never fully appreciate its value until
tho last fragment OF II has passed
out OF our possession fore, ~ The
greatest fraud u man can commit Is To
rob another OF his time Hear II, ye
laggards, and repent! All the fingers
OF chronology point TO punctuality ~
one of the graces. The minister or
the lecturer o. business ulan who
comes to his place ten minutes after
the appointed time commits n
crime, the cnormity of which,
can only DO estimated 10y
multiplying the number Of persons
present by ten, II 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 tifty, II
thcra are five hundred persons present
and he be ten minutes too late, he has
committed robbery OF five thousand
minutes, for ten times five hundred ne
five thousand, and five thousand
minutes are eighty-three hours, which
make more than three days The thief
of dry goods the thief OF bank bills, Is
not half no bad as the thief OF time,
DIR. Rush, the greatest aud busiest
physician OF his day appreciated
tho value Of time, and when
asked how ho had been able
| To gather SO much information
| II Ia Ia lga unI,
~ have been able TO do II by economic,
ing my time, I have not spent one
hour in amusement In thirty years
| And taking blank book from his
pocket, said, ~ FIJI book like this
every week with thoughts that occur
to me aud facts collected In the rooms
Of my patients" Napoleon appreciated
the value of time when the sun was
sinking upon Waterloo, and he thought
that little more time would retrieve
his fortunes, and he pointed to the sink,
ing sun aud said; "What would mol
give 90 be this day possessed OF ths
power of Joshua and enabled To retnrd
thy march for two hours?' The good
old woman appreciated the value OF
time when at % years of age, she said
THE Judge OF all the earth does no,
mean that ] shalt have any excuse for
not being prepared To- meet him. "
Voltairc, the blatant intldel, nppre
ciated the value of time, when, in his
dying moments, he said To his doctor
~ will give you half of what am
worth IL you will give me six months OF
life,' and when told that he could not
live six weeks, he burst into tears.
and said: Then, | shall go to hell. !"
John Wesley appreciated the value OF
| time when he stood on his steps wait,
ing for II delayed carriage Ia
take him to an appointment, saying:
~ have lost ten minutes forever
Lord Nelson appreciated the value OF
| time when he said; II owe everything
In the world TO being always q quarter
OF an hour beforehand A clock.
maker in one of the old English towns
appreciated the value OF time when he
put on the front Of the town clock the
words: 'Now or whenr' Mitchell,
the astronomer, appreciated the value
OF time when he said: II have been In
the habit of calculating the value of IA
thousandth part of second" That
minister of the Gospel did not
appreciate the value OF time
| who, during 70 season OF i'll
ness, instead Of employing his
time in useful reading or writing,
wrote silly religious romance, which,
in some unknown way, came into the
possession of the famous Joe Smith,
who introduced the book MS n di-
vine revelation, which became the
| foundation OF Mormonism, the most
beastly abonination ofall time. They
| best appreciate the value of time whose
Sabbaths have been wasted and whose
| opportunities of repentance and use
| fitness are all agone, and who have
nothing left but memories, balcful and
elegiac. They stand in the bleak Sep
TEN Der, with bare feet. on the sharp
stubblc of rcapcd wheat field, crying:
! "fhc harvest Is past" and the sough
of an autumnal equinox means forth
in echo; The harvest is pastH'
at Is all over So this mighty pro
ccssion of earthly years will terminate.
just when, have no power TO prog
nostica,e, but science confirms the Iii.
| bic prophecy chat the earth cannot
| always last. Indeed there has
been fatality of words The
moon Is merely the corpse of what
/ ii once was, and scientists have again
! and again gone up in their obscrva-
| tories to attend the death bed of dying
worlds, and have seen them crcmated
SO am certain, both from the World
| of God and science, that the world
chronology will sooner or later come TO
IT'S last chapter. The final century will
arrive and pass on, and then will come
| the final decade, and then the final
year and the final month and the final
day. The last spring will swing its
censor of apple blossoms, and the last
winter bank its SHOWS. The last sun
set will burn like Moscow and the last
morning radiatc the hills. The clock i
| will strike their last hour, and the
watches win tick their last second
No incendiaries will be needed to run
hither and yon with torches to set the
world on fire. Chemistry teaches us
that there is very infiammable ele.
ment in water While oxygen makes
| up part of the water, the other part
of the water is hydrogen, and that,is
very combustible. The oxygen drawn
out from the water the in.lammable
| hydrogen may put instantly into con.
| Migration the Hudsons and Savannahs
aud Mississippis and Rhines and Trails
and Danubes, and Atlantic and Pacific
and Indian and Mediterranean