Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-31


pardon or too quick emancipation? The;
Bible recommends hardness, deliberations
and snail-like movement in some things
as when it enjoins us to be slow to speak,
and slow to wrath and slow to do evil
but it tells us, 1.-THE kings business re-i
quireth haste" and that our days are
as the flight of a weayer's shuttle and
calculates: Escape for thy life. Look
not behind thee. Neither stay thou in all
the plain. Other cavalry troops may
fall back. but mounted years never re-
treat. They are always going ahead,
not on an easy canter, but at full rum
Other regiments hear the command of
Halt and pitch their tents for the
night. The regiments of the years never
hear the command of "Halt!" and never
pitch tent for the night.
The century leads on its troop of 100
years. and the year leads on its troop of
$50 days, and the day leads on its troop
of twenty-four hours, and the hour leads
on its troop of sixty minutes, and all are
dashing out of sight. Perhaps there are
two years in which we are most inter-
ested-our first and our last. Held up in
our mothers arms, we watched the flight
of the first. With wondering eyes we all
watch the coming of the last. The name
of that advancing year we cannot call.
1t may be III the nineties of this century,
it may be in the tens or twenties or thir-
ties of the next century, but it is coming
at full gallop.
How to Meet 1t.
With what mood will we meet it? In
iocosity, as did Thomas Hood in his LAST
moment, saying. Il am dying out of
charity to the undertaken. who wishes
to earn a lively Hood" Or in fear, as
did Thomas Paine saying in his last mo-
ment. "Oh, how l dread this mysterious
leap in the dark Or in boastfulness.
as did Vespasian. saying in his last mo-
mcnt. "Ah. methnks l am becoming
god!' Or in frivolity, as did Demonax.
the infidel philosopher, saying in his last
moment, You may go home; the show Is
over" Or conscience stricken, as did
Charles IN. of France, saying in his last
moment: Nurse, nurse! What muir
der! What blood.' Or shall we meet it
in gladness of Christian hope, like that
of Julius Charles Hare, who said in his
last moment. Upward, upward!' Or
like that of Richard Baxter. in his last
moment saying. almost WELL" Or like
that of Martin of Tours, saying in his last,
moment. II go to Abraham's BOSOM" Or
like that of polished Addison, who said
in his last moment ''See with what ease
Il Christian can die" Or like that of
George Whitefeld who felt that he had
said all that he could of Christ. declaring
in his last moment. Il shall die silent"
Or like that of Mrs. Schimmelpennich.
who said in her last moment: do you
not hear the voices? And the children's
are the loudest.' Or like that of Dragon
natti. saying in his last moment: Stand
aside! I see my father and my mother
coming to kiss me-"
Or as did the dying girl who, having
q few evenings before sat on a bench in
4 London mission, was seen to have tears
of contrition rolling down her cheek, and,
who, departing from the room, had put
in her hand by Christian woman 81
Bible, with the passage marked, 1.-The.
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
SIM Though having promised to be at
the next meeting, she did not come. The
Christian woman who gave her the Bible
was visiting the hospital, and the nurse
said to her: 81 wish you had been here
little while ago. We had young wo-'
man who had been run over by wagon.
Poor thing she was fearfully crushed and
died almost at once. She had Bible in
her hand. with your name in it, and she,
said when she was brought in: Thank,
God. | found Christ as my Savior last
night! The blood of Jesus Christ, his
son. cleanscth us from all sim Oh, my
friends, il all right for the next world,
the years cannot gallop past too rapidly.
If it We're possible for the centuries to
take the speed of the years, and the years
the speed of the days, and the days the
speed of the hours, they could do us no
HARM The shorter our life the longer our
heaven. The sooner we get out of the
perils of this life, if our work be done, the
better Then, let the creaking door of
the closing year go shut. When that
closes better doors will open. The
worlds brightest and happiest years are,
yet to come.