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

slaughter, nov hmfid WIN HhaHthhe94
now radiant with love and 10y,
rHe oioMffn 90 fiis fRsspwr.
Thss Chronological study affords
among mhtr practical Thoughts, espc
clsliy two the one encouraging 70 the
last degrees anil ihe other startling Tbf
encouraging ihmlgbt y that the main
driff ~ the centuries has been towafd
Doiiefmeut. with only here sud there .
stoni fsvefsal tlrecian civilization wa
= yast improvement IN Egyptian 'dvili
satiun aud roman civilization y vasi
Improvement gn ureciaD civilization
and Christian civilization isa vast Inn
proeeineut Ou Roman civilization.
what VIVA the boasted age ~ Pcricle'
compared with tho age of Longfellow
and 1ennyaong What was Queen Liza
beth ~ specimen of moral woinanhood
COMPARED with Queen VictOrial What
were the ,rncl warriors ~ OldoD ti.nes
co,npafed with the most distinguished
warriors of the lust balf century. all 81
them ~ much distinguished Tor Kindness
and god morals NJ for pr0weae tb"
two military leaders ~ onr civil war 90
northern and southern side dscomDnnicant
meiiberp ~ Christian churches. and their
home life ~ pure ~ their public lifcf
Nothing iinprprm~ me IN this clirUnO
logical review more than the fact that
the regiments of years are better ard
better regiments ~ the troops move on
! thank Odd that you and ! were MI
born any M0ner than we were born
How could we have endured the dirastor
of being born In the Eighteenth or Sev
enteenth or Sixteenth century, Glad AM
that we are In the regiment now pass
ing the reviewing stand. and that our
children will pass the stand in astill bet
ter regiment. God did not build this
world for u slaughter house or den OF
infamy.
A good deal Of cleaning house will be
necessary before this world becomes rs
clean and sweet as 1t ought to be, but
the Droonis. and the scrubbing brushes
and the uphosterers and plumbers are
air, ..dy busy. and when the world gets
fixed up. as il will be. II Adam and Eve
ever visit 1t. as | expect they will, they
will say TO each other. We'll. this beats
paradise when we lived there. and the
pears and the plums are better than we
plncked from the first trees. and the
warirobes ARE more complete. and TIE
climate In better"
Since settled In my own mind the
fact that iod was stronger than the
devil have never lost faith in tie
paradisation Of this planet With the
exception of II retrogression in the Dark
Ages. the movement of the world has
been on and on and up and up. and |
have two Jubilant hosannas--one for
the closing year and the other for the
new year
PUNCTuAIITY
But the other thought coming out Of
this subject il that Biblical chronology,
and indeed nil chronology, is urging the
world to more punctuality and immedi-
ateness What an unsatisfactory and in
definite thing it must have been for two
business men In the time Of Ahaz to
make m appointment, saying, I'VE will
settle that business matter tomorrow
when the shadow on the dial of Ahaz
reaches the tenth step from the top" or
Il 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, 1T was during
the time Of the latter rain. or 1T was a.,
the thine Of the third growing Of the
barnyardr'
You and remember when ministers
OF the Gospel IN the country, giving nut
u notice of an evening service. instead Of
saying at o or or = o'clock, would 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 80 cheap "A rate all may
possess them. Chronology, beginning
by approaching the value of years and
the value oi days, has kept ON until 1t
cries out MAN immortal. woman, i'm
mortal; look out for that minute: look
out for that secondr
We talk "A 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
10 rob another OF his time. Hear il, ye
laggards and repent All the fingers Of
chronology point to punctuality as one
OF the Cruces. The minister or the lee.
r,Ar an hnatnAGa rh.. A.. A..
place ten minutes after the appointed
time commits u crimo the enormity of
which can only be estimated 10y multi.
plying the number Of persons present by
ten. II the engagement be made with
i've persons, he has stolen fifty minutes.
for he IL ten minutes too late, and he has
robbed each of the five persons Of ten
minutes apiece, and ten times five are
fiity
II there be 800 persons present and he
be ten minutes too late. he has commit
ted robbery OF 1900 minutes, for ten
time 500 are 5000, aud 1900 minutes are
eighty three hours. which make more
than three days. The thief Of dry goods,
the thief OF bank bills. Is not half SO had
IN the thief of time.
soAR ExAMpLRs.
DR. Rush. the greatest and busiest ply.
aeian of hts day. appreciated the value
OF time. aud when asked how he had
been able TO gather 50 much information
Tor his books and lectures he replied; III
have been able to do II by economiEing
my time have not spent one hour in
amusement IN thirty years" And tax.
ng u blank book from his no,ket h,. saiA