Democratic messenger., 1893-01-07
vorld fora slaughter house or u den or

and tie upAol>i,rrrs and plumbers are
already tu>v :.4d when the world gets
iiSed NJ a- II VIII tie. il Adam and Eve
ever visit At aS | expect they will. tl.cy
Will say t"cach other Well. this bea.
paradise when wc lived there. and the
pears and thr piuuIs are better than we
pluckrd tron the first trees and The
wardrohcs are more complete. and TIE
climate Is IT, cr.
Since settled in my own mind the
fact THAI God was stronger than the
en- parulis;yliun III tins planet. With the
exception ui 4 rctrugresSion in the Dark
Ages tire movement of the world has
been On and ~, and mp and mp. and /
have two lubilant hoSanmaS one for
the chasing year aud the other for tie
new year
PCNCTUAIITY.
But the other Thought coming ont of
this subject Is that Biblical chronology.
aud indeed all chronology is urging the
world 10 more punciualiiy and immedi-
atentSs What ;ln unsatisfactory and in
definite thing II must have been for two
business men III the time of Ahaz 10
make IN appointment saving. We will
settle that business matter tomorrow
when the shadow on the dial of Ahaz
reaches the tenth step from the top" ~
n will meet You in the street callel
Straight III Hlmascus i'll the time of the
new ;noun. or when asked in Il court
room what time an occurrence :eok
place Sliuuld answer. 1T was during
the time ui the latter rain. or 1T was u.
the time of the third Growing Of the
barnyarir
You and remember when ministers
of the Gospel IN the country. giving p,t
Il notice Of an evening service. instead of
saying at i or : or o'clock. would say,
The service will begin at early candle
light Thank God for chronological
achievements which have ushered i'll cal
eniars and almanacs and clocks and
watches aud ut 50 cheap Il rate all may
possess them. Chronology. beginning
by approaching the value of years and
the value Of days. has kept on until it
cries ont. Man. immortal woman, i'm
mortal hook ont for that minute; look
out for that second!
We talk Il great deal about the value
of time. hut will never fully appreciate
its value until the lastfragmcnt OF it has
passed ont of or possession forever
The greatest fraud man can commit j;
10 roll another of his time. Hear it. We
lagg;.r,.s ami rcirnt. All the fingers Of
point To punctuality as one
OF the .sraccs The minister or the lee.
turer or business man who comes TO his
place ten minutes after the appointed
time commits, Il crime the cuOrmitv of
which cam only he estimated by multi
PLYING the number of persons present by
zen 1t the engagement be made with
five persons III, h:.s stolen fifty minutes.
for he. Is ten minutes too late. and he has
robbed each ot tine five persons Of ten
minutes apiece and ten Times five are
fifty
Ii there be 800 PERSONS present and lie
be ten minutes tou !atr lie has commit
ted a robbery OF 5000 minutes. for ten
iiilc ouu are 5.otc and 5000 minutes are
eighty three hours. which make more
than three days he thief Of dry goods,
the thici OF BANK bills Is not half 50 bal
Us tin, i!ncl ut time
SOME EXAMPLES.
pr Rush the greatest and busiest ply
siciau oi ms day appreciated the value
of time. and when asked how he had
been able io gather 50 much information
for his books and lectures he replied: Il
have been able 10 do il by economizinS
my time | have not spent one hour in
amusement in thirty years. And tax
ing blaukbook from his pocket he said.
Il fiji a book like this every week with
thoughts liiat occur 10 me and facts col
Iccted in the rooms of my patients"
Napoleon appreciated the value of
time when the sun was sinking upon
Waterloo. and he thought that a little
more time would retrieve his fortunes
and he pointed to the sinking sun and
said Nv hat would not give to be this
day posSts>c,! OF the power of Joshua and
enabled To retard thy march for I've
houts," The good old woman appreci-
atcd the value OF time when at ninety
thrc, yeats Of age She said, The Judge
of all the earth does not mean that
shall have any excuse for not being pre-
pared to meet him."
Noltaire. the blatant infidel, appreci-
atcd the value of time when in his dy-
ing moments he said to his doctor, Il
will give you half Of what am worth if
you VIII give me six months Of life" and
when told that lie could rot live six
weeks lie burst into tears and said.
Then shall 20 10 hell" John Wesley
appreciated the value of time when he
stood on his steps waiting for a delayed
carriage to take him to an appointment.
saving. Il have lost ten minutes forever.
Lord Nelson appreciated the value of
time when hc said Il owe everything in
the world to being always a quarter of
an hour beforehand"
4 cluckmakcr in one of the old Eng
lish towns appreciated the value Of time
when he put on the front of the town
clock the words. Now or when:' Mitch
el. the astronomer. Appreciated the value
II time when hc said II have been in
the habit of calculating the value Of Il
tLousaulih art of a second. That min
ist,rof itetioSpc! dii not appreciate the
value uf tame who during season Of
illn, =. instead If employing his time III
useful reading rr writing. wrote 81 silly
religion, ruiiiuc,. which III some I'M
known WAY camc INTO the possession IF
the faIuous .loc smith, who misotiuc,
the book :l~ ii divine revelation. which
b,r.iiHr th, Foundation of M"ruouisIu.
thu most Ae,~i! !y abumiuatiou of al time.
Thcy b,si appreciate the value Of tlli''
who's, s.blaths have been wasted and
whose opportunities Of repentance and
usefulness are all agonc and who have
nothing left but memories baleful ai.d
clcsiac They stand in the h,eak Sep
tclnbcr. with bare feet. on the sharp
stuhblc of a rcllcd wheat Geld. crying.
-Th, harvest Is past" And the sough ~
an autunnf,l equinox moanS forth IN
echo '''ih, harvest j. uast.'