Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-01-13

than 300 years ago and now we nay
nation of CO. 100000. Where, then. Is 80
callei impossibility that the seventy oemo
who went into Egypt in 49, years years a JT
2 nm 000, Inadelity wrong AMI Bible chron-
ology right. r,, :: - that
Now stop and reflect. Why is IL .nav
this sublime subject OF Bible chronolo5fs
has been so neglected ana that the nao's tSa
Won have never given ten minutes " vi
consideration OF it, and that this IS tho n.s.
sermon ever preachs1 on this stupen.oo1f
and overwhelming tiemeY we nav srod
by the half day or the whole oay d"
reviews and seen armies pass +ba
Again and again aud again on Un7
Chamns E,vsees French men by tno nun .
Irods Of thonsap1s h,Ts stood an Watclot
the tannered srmia. go by, and the nuzza
has been three mics long ana ua'i' tue
populace were so hoarse they cou'o luz ~
no longer Again and again ana agah, VIe
stood on the palaced and statuej Under oen
Linden, Berlin, AMI strewn garlands un1er
| the feet of uniformed hosts led on ny Won
Moltke or Butcher or Frederick tne urea.
When Wellington and Ponsonby and tne
| Scots Grays came back from Waterloo, OF
Wolseley from Egypt, or Marlborougn ron
1lenheim what military professions turou-'te
Regent street AMI siong. by Vne ~. pa re- noesi
London and over the bridges OF the lnaines!
What almost interminable lines OF military
| on the streets of our American capltais,
while MAYORS and Governors and Presidents,
With uncovered heads, looxel oul But put
all those grand reviews together, anu tney
are tame comparei with the review "u.cq
on New Years day you from the pew ana
from the pulpit witness.
Hear them pass in chronological or1er-
all the wears before the fooj; all thu years
Snce the food; decades abreast; centuries
abreast. epochs abreast; millenniums
abreast: Egyptian civilization, baoylonlani
,onuistions Assyriap dominions; armies OF
Persian. Grecian, Peloponnesian and Roman
wars: Byzantine empire. Saracenlc hoSts;
crusaders Of the first, the second, third ana
the last avalanche of men; Dark Ages IN
somber epaulets AMI brighter ag.s with
shields OF silver and helmets of gold; Italy,
Snain. France, Russia, Germany Englan
and America, past AMI present; dynastles,
feu1al domains, despot'sms, monarcnles, re-
publ.c,. ages on ages, ages on ages passing
TODAY in a chronological review, until one
has no moro power to LOOK upon tne ad-
vanciny columns, now brilliant now
squano, now garlandet with peace, now
crimson with slaughter, now horrid with
ghastliness, now radiant with love and JOY.
This chronological study affords, among
other practical thoughts. especially two
the one encouraging to the asst degree AMI
the other startling. The encouraging
thou hit is that the main drift of the CEN
turtles has been toward betternent. with
only here and there stout reversal.
Grecian civilization was vast improve
ment on Egyptian civilization, and Roman
civi ization vast improvement on Grecian
civilization, and Chr stan civilization is
vast Improvement on Roman civilization.
What was the boosted age of Periclas
compared with the age Of LonCfell1w and
Tennyson? What was Queen Elizabeth as
specimen OF moral womanhoo1 compared
with Queen Victoria9 What were the cruel
warriors OF olden times COMPARED with the
most distinguished warriors Of tne last half
century, all of them as much distinguished
for kindness aud good morals as for nrowess
the two military leaders OF our Civil war
on northern and southern side communicate
members OF Christian churches. AMI their
home lie as p1re as Gieir pnbiic life?
I Nothing lmpresses me in this chronology
cal review more than the fact that the regi-
ments OF years are better and better regl-
| ments as the troops moveon. I thank Go /
! that you AMI were not born any sooner
9 than we were born. How coull we have
/ enduret the disaster Of being born in the
! Eighteenth or Seventeenth or Sixteenth
: Century? Glad am that wa are in the regi-
s ment now passing the reviewing stand. and
q that our children will pass the stand in 9
( still better regiment. Col did not build
Q this world for slaughter house or den OF
6 nfamy.
A COOL deal Of cleaning house will be
necessary before this world becomes az
clean and sweet as is ought to be- ou1 tne
!. brooms and the scrubbing BRUSHES, ana one
) upholsterers AMI plumbers are aireaoy nus.;
all when the world gets fixed up. as IL VIII
! be. if Adam AMI Eve ever Visit II, as eA-
. pect they will, they viii say to eacn onher,
. "Well, this beats psra1lse wnen we i've.
there. and the pears and pums are oeC0er
Q than we plucke! from the first trees. an I
a the wardrobes are more complete and the
> climate is BETTER
[ Since settled in nv own mind the tact
that Col was stronger than the devil nave
. never lost faith in the empara1isat'on OF
l this planet. With the execution OF retro
qression in the Dark Ages, the movement Of
the world has been on AMI on, and up ah'
3 up and have two jubilant bosannas-on'
for the closing year and the other Tor IN
new year.
But the other thought coming out of thi
: u)ject is that Biblical chronology, ana IN
, dee all chronology, is urging the wor1 wv, y
y more punctualty and i'nmedlsoeneSS. " II ; |;
: an unsatisfactory AMI lndeuni'e mn -,
Q must have been for two ous'Dess he'i III III
4 time oe Abez TO make an appointment, say
i ;no "We will settle that business matter 10
b ..e.uo,, ,vbeo the shadow on the dial o
If Ala reaches the tenth step from the TOP,
~" 30 ill meet YOU in the street Gale
n Straigbt in Damascus in the time OF IN
4. row moon.D or when asked in courtroom
10 what time an occurrence took place shoul
n, answer. ut was during the time of the latte
q rain or ut was at the tins of the tnIr
l. Growing of the barnyardP
Ie You. and remember when ministers o
le the GOSPEL in the country, giving OUT nc
2, tice OF an evening service, instead or sayln
7, at or or o'clock. would say; ''lne SCI
ID vice will begin at early candle hgu';
# Thank God for chronological acnieVemSh'
il which have ushered in calendars anu
y manacs and clocks aud watches, and at
d -, a rate all NAV possess theml Chror
ologv beginning by appreciatiny the vilu
ie ~ Tosrs and the value OF days, has kept
le mill II cries out: "Mau, immorta woman
n immortal: look out for that minute; LOOK on
y for that secondp
ie We talk great deal about the value 2
Is time. but will never fully appreciate i
"a value until the last fragment OF 1t has pas'e
IS out OF our possession forever. Inc greaIe'
~ fraud man can commit ls 10 Ioo ai90" *
to If his time. Hear it, ye laggards and r.
or nentI An the fingers Of chronology pointt
e. punctualjty as one of the graces. The mil
es ;stor mr. the lecturer or business man WI
s. comes IN his place ten minutes after tue al
ne nointed time commits crime the enornit
IF which can only be estimated by multiply
1e inc the number of persons present by Tel
n. If the engagement be made with nve pei
ne cons he has stolen fifty minutes. Tor ne
be TON minutes too late, and he has robbed eac
)u of the Eve persons Of ten minutes aplec
n and ten times five are nifty. ,
be IL fhere ha 800 persons present ana ne