Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-03-12
1.-THE END OF TIME'
Sunday Sermon By the Rev. DR.. David
James Burrell.
Olscourses lnstructyeIy on a Theme That in
Less Eloquent Mouths Might Seem Thread
barc-Economlze Fragments Of Time.

DdTc-ECOHOTniZt FTdSiHeulS vi ilHe'
New YORK ClrY.-The Rev. DR.. David
James Burrell, pastor of the Marble Collie
giate Church, Fifth avenue and Twenty:
ninth street, preached on The End OF
Time" lie took his text from Revelations
y: and 6: "And the angel which / saw
stand upon the sea and upon the earth
lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware
by Him that liveth forever and ever, who
created heaven, and the things that therein
are, and the earth, and the things that
therein are, and the sea, and the things
which arc therein, that there should be
time no longer
Our theme is a trihe threadbarc, but per-
haps none the less profitable on that ac-
count. 1t is an easy matter to make a
homly on time, but not all homies are as
much to the point as that of the court Jes-
ter Jacques:
Good morrow, fool quoth l.
"No, sir" quoth he;
"Call me not fool till heaven hath sent me
fortune.
And then he drew a dial from his poke,
And looking on it with lack-ustcr eye,
Says very Wisely, 1T is ten o'clock;
Thus may we scc,' quoth he, "how the
world waCs;
lis but an hour ago since 1T was nlnc;
+tiii alIci oiic .Oul llioit Twill 'c c''''h',
And so. from hour to hour, we ripe and
'ipc,
And then, from hour to nour, we rot and
rot;
Ana thcreoy hanS5 ta!e'
Let this melancholy tale engage us for
while. The issucs 3f mterminabie aeons
may depend upon the attention we give 10
the circiing hands on the dial He who
learns Alright the lessons OF time Is ready
To ncat thr resnonsihilities of eternity.
R,,t u.hnt i f;mp2 "'Timo Is money"
they saw So far SO goal if we would real
izc if A man went into BENJAMIN Frank
lin's hoax storc and manfred The price OF
a yo,nmc, zone dollar" was the clerk,
answer "ColI your emn}oyer' said the
wou'd.he purcha,cr, When Franklin vas
asked ihr nr;ce of thc volume he answered
Zone dollar aud Quarter" "Whv. your
clcrk asked on;y dollar Go be sure,
but YOU called me from NV printing press
and am charrirr you for nv time" The
man argued and demonstrated in vain.
Presently he sad, "Now. Mr.. Franklin,
really what Is your lowest figure for this
book:' One dollar and a half Pre-
poStcrOus! gu on'y asked me doiIar
and quarter YES, bat my time is vai-
uab,e, and every minute, sends tn" book
up This was sound philosophy and good
marked with a price in PAIN figure; we
should probably be less rroiilt2i" ot them.
we have no juth seTup.e anont wasting
time as we would have III throwing god
cages into the sea. o.,
But time Is more than money. lt IS the
stuff that life is made off, It stands for
privilege, opportunity. responsibility, Iudg-
ment, heaven or he'll. You may throw
away dollar and cara Gnother, but no
two moments overlap. The last one sad
farewell forever; the next ls--already gon"
lime Is talent, a talent OF god stamped
WITH the image ana supGrScrIptlon oil the
klng God made ", as lie made the trees
and mountains, and lie owns It. lie has
entrusted It to us, to be put at usury ior
Him. 'Will man rob God! Yet ye have
robbed Me saith the Lord OF hosts lhG
misrepresentation or misuse OF days and
hours and moments is as really dishonest
as the tapping OF an employers tn, Tins
is a serious matter, and gives us sufficient
food for thought, If our question were
here.
I asked an agci man with hoarv hairs,
Wrinklcd and curved with many worldly
cares,
"Time Is the warn Of life -" he said, 20 tell
The young, the fair, the brave to use it
wcIlo
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snher%s '7''''
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