Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-01-06

the feet OF uniformed hosts led on oy ' On
Moltke or ucher or Frederick the Great.
When Wellington and Ponsonby and the
Scots Grays came back from Waterloo, or
Wolseley from Egypt, or Marlborough from
Blenheim what military procession throdgn
Regent street AMI along by tbs palaces OF
London and over the bridges OF the Thames
What almost interminable lines OF military
on the streets of our American capitals,
while Mayors aud Governors and Presidents,
with uncovered heads looSet on But pus
all those grand reviews together. AMI they
are tame compare with the review which
on New Years dav you from the pew ant
from the pulDit witness.
Hear them pass in chronological order
all the years before the food; all the years
since the food: decades abreast; centuries
abreast; epochs abreast; millennlums
abreast; Egyptian civilization, Babylonian
populations Assyrian dominlons: armies OF
Persian Grscian, Peloponn esian and Roman
wars; Byzantine empire. Saracenlc hosts.
crusaders OF the first, the second, third and
the last avalanche Of msu; Dark Ages In
somber epau'ets AMI brighter ages with
shields o. silver and helmets OF gold; Italy,
Spain, France, Russia, Germany, Englant
ami America, past and present; dynasties,
feu lal domains deSpotiSmS monarchies, re-
public. ages on ages, ages on ages, passing
today in a chronological review, unit! one
has no more power 10 look upon the adj
vancinz columns, now brilliant, now
squaIid, now garlandei with peace now
crimson with slaughter. now horrid with
ghastlinesS, now radiant with love aud JOY.
This chronological study affords, among
other practical thoughts. especially two
the one encouraging 70 the asst degree AMI
the other startling. The encouraging
thou INT Is that thu main drift OF the csn-
turtles has been toward betternent. with
only here and there stout revsr,al.
Grecisn civilization was vast improve
meat on Egyptian civilization, and Roman
civilization vast Improvement on Grecian
civilization, and Christian civilization is
vast improvement on Roman civilization.
What was the boosted age Of Psricles
compared with the age Of LOngfellOw AMI
TennySons What was Queen Elizabeth as
specimen OF moral wonenhool compared
with Queen Victorisi What were the cruel
warriors oil olden times COMPARED with the
most distinguished warriors Of tina last half
century, all OF them as much distinguished
for Kindness and good morals as for orOwsss
the two military leaders OF our Civil War
on northern and southern side COMMUNICATE
members OF Christian churches. AMI their
home life ss pure as their pnblic liteH
Nothing impreSses me in this chronology
cal revie" more than the fact that the rsgi-
ments OF years are better and better regi-
ments as the troops move on. thank Col
that you AMI were not bora any 20 )ner
than we were born. How cOull we have
endured the disaster OF being born In the
Eighteenth or Seventeenth or Sixteenth
Century! Glad am that we are in the regi
ment now passing the reviewing stand, and
that our children will pass the stand in q
stu better regiment. Col did not build
this world for slaughter house or den of
intamy.
A gcot deal OF cleaning house will be
necessary before this world becomes as
clean and sweet as is ought TO be. but the
brooms and the scTubbing brushes, and the
upholsterers ami plumbers are already busy,
ani when the world gets fixed up. as it will
be. II Adam AMI Eve ever visit II. rs ex-
pecs they will they will say to each other.
Well, this beats paradise when VIC lived
there. and the pears and plums are better
than we plucke1 from the first trees. and
the wardrobes ara more complete and the
climate is better"
Since settled in nv own mind the fact
that God was stronger than the devil have
never lost faith in tho GENERALIZATION oil
this planet With the execution OF retro
erosion in the Dark Ages, the movement OF
the world has been on and on, and IN aud
up. and have two jubilant hoSannas-one
for the closing year aud the other for TIT
new year.
But the other thought coming out Of this
subject is that Biblical chronology, and in
dee all chronology, is urging the worlt to
moro punctualitY and immeiiateness. What
an unsatisfactory and indefinite thing 1t
must have been for two business men in the
time OF Ahaz 70 make an appointment, saw
ing. 1--WE will settle that business matter to-
morrow when the shadow on the dial OF
Ahsz reaches the tenth step from thu TOP,
or al will meet YOU in toe street callei
Straight in Damascus in the time OF the
new moou." or when asked in courtroom
what time an occurrence took place shoud
answer. ut was during the time of the latter
rain or at was at the time OF tue third
growing OF the bsrnyardp'
You and remember when ministers OF
the Gospel in the country, giving out no
tice Of an evening service, instead Of saying
at 6 or 7 or o'clock, would sav: "Ihe ser
vice will begin at early candle light.
Thank God for chronological achievements
which have ushered in calendars and al
lnanacs and clocks aud watches. and at SO
cheap a rate ell may possess them' enron
ology, beginning by approaching the value
of wears aud the value OF days, has Kept on
until it cries on: "MaD, immorta'; woman.
immortal; look out for that minute; LOOK out
for that secondT
We talk great deal about the value OF
time. but will never fully appreciate its
value until the last fragment Of 1t has passed.
out OF our possession forever. The greatest
frsud a man can commit is to rob another
OF his time Hear it, ye laggards and re-
pentl All the fingers OF chronology pointto
punctuality as one OF the graoes. The min
lister or the lecturer or business man who
comes 10 his place ten minutes after tne APP
pointed time commits a crime the enormlty
of which can only be estimated by multiply
inc the number OF persons present by ton.
IL the engagement be made with five per-
sons, 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 1--WE are fifty.
Ifthere be 500 persons present and he be
ten minutes too late, he has comm tied
robbery Of 5000 minutes, for ten time 1Dl
are 500, and 5000 minutes are eighty-three
hours which make moro than three days.
The thief OF dry goods, the thief OF bank
bills, is not half so had as the thief of time.
Dr. Rush, the greatest aud busiest ply
stefan OF bis day. appreciated the value OF
time, and when asked how he had been
able to gather so much information for his
books and lectures he replied: Il have been
abls TO DO it OY economizing my time. l
have not spent ons hour in amusement IN
thirty years. And taking blsnkbook
from his pocket be said, II I'll a 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 tune
would retrieve his fortunes, and be pointed
TO the sinking sun ana said, what would 1
not give to bs this day possessed OF the
power OF Joshua and enabled 70 retard thy
march for two hoursP The good old woman
appreciated the value OF time when at
n'netY-thres years Of age she said, Tho
Judge OF all the earth does not mean thai
shall havs anv excuse for not being prepared
10 meet Him"
Voltaire, the blatant inide. apprec atei
the value Of time when in his dying mo-
ments he said TO his docto'. II 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
anl said Then ! shall 20 to heliV JONI
Wesley appreciated the vaue OF time when
hs stood on his steps watching FOR delayed
carriage 70 take him to an appointment,
saving. 81 have lost ten minutes forever.
L1rd Nelson appreciated the value OF time
when he said, II cwe everything IN the
worli to being always quarter OF an hour